Fluorescent lamps have long been used in homes, offices, and industrial settings due to their energy efficiency and long ...

Gold remains a valuable material and while it doesn’t grow on trees, a new study published in the journal Environmental Microbiome shines a light on how it sometimes grows in them.

In 1848, James Marshall was building a lumber mill in northern California for his employer, John Sutter. One January morning, ...

Space news in 2025 is just wild. Every week, it feels like something new is happening—Mars rovers sending back weird photos, ...

If you need to create a high vacuum, there are basically two options: turbomolecular pumps and diffusion pumps.

"It's a fairly unusual question to ask in the scientific world, because most researchers would agree that dark matter is dark ...

NY Attorney General Letitia James said three companies were selling skin-lightening creams and other cosmetics that contain illegal levels of mercury.

The companies sell dozens of products with mercury levels up to 30,000 times greater than legally allowed, according to the ...

From a network of caves dug into the Mexican mountains, the pink dolphins swimming in the Amazon are more than 2,500 miles ...

Plastic 4-pin base, top contact, S-shaped envelope. Donor’s card reads: “Half-wave mercury vapor rectifier made by Westinghouse for the US government during World War II. This tube is the Westinghouse ...

Complex organic molecules that form part of the chain of chemical reactions that can result in life's building blocks have ...