Eight states and fifteen municipalities have already enacted mercury thermometer bans, and eleven national retail chains have pledged only to sell mercury free thermometers. The Universities of ...

Eliminating even small amounts of mercury reduces the potential for mercury poisoning; the content of a single mercury thermometer can contaminate a twenty-acre lake. Mercury-free thermometers provide ...

The new simulations by Franco and his team successfully recreated Mercury's current internal structure and chemical makeup through collisions between similarly sized protoplanets. Notably ...

Mercury in the glass thermometer that we use for checking body temperature is most lethal and can pose serious health problems if accidentally spilt Mercury in the glass thermometer that we use ...

The Sun and its planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune The different planets have different properties and conditions. In general, as the distance from the ...