Taking inspiration from a centuries-old-process for extracting gold from ore, researchers have used gold nanoparticles to strip mercury from contaminated water (ACS Nano, DOI: 10.1021/nn204313a).

Gold miners in western Kenya have been asked not to use mercury in extracting the mineral. Instead, the national government wants the miners in Western and Nyanza, most of who are small-scale drillers ...

In this video, I will be extracting and refining mercury metal from mercury sulfide (cinnabar). This is a chemical method, which is safer than the typical heated one. Trump pardons 5 former NFL stars ...

A recent article published in Global Challenges proposed a novel approach to lowering mercury levels in fish meat during post-packaging storage, which could potentially extend its safe consumption ...