Mercury, the only metal that remains liquid at room temperature, has fascinated humans for millennia. From ancient Egypt to Mesoamerica and China, civilizations had access to this mesmerizing ...

They also identified a likely cause of the dark stains: nanoparticles of a mercury sulphide called metacinnabar in the protective paper holding the folio, although it is unclear how this unusual ...

The most common ore of mercury is called cinnabar. Its scientific name is mercury sulfide (HgS). In its pure, manmade form it's known as vermilion, which is a red pigment used in artist's paint.

needed to be obtained from the brilliant red ore of mercury sulfide called cinnabar. Extracting it was a risky procedure: cinnabar is heated to high temperatures, releasing mercury vapor that ...

This is Mercury Sulphide, a red crystal used to make ornaments and not the mythical Red Mercury for which the naive part with tidy sums of money. [Stock Image] For centuries fortune hunters have ...

"It should be mercury sulfide," he explained, saying that the Fufang Luhui Jiaonang produced by their company contained mercury sulfide, but not mercury. He also added that drugs or bulk materials ...

In my research on the history of psychiatry and psychopharmacology, I can’t get away from mercury. Edgar Allan Poe, three months before he died in a delirious state, had been treated with ...

The waters at these hot spots contain higher levels of methylmercury (CH3Hg+), the species of mercury that accumulates in organisms. Methylmercury is produced by methylation of the mercuric ion (Hg2+) ...

Many Maya undoubtedly had an eye for the sublime, and thus were entranced by elemental mercury as well as its vermillion-hued offspring, mercury sulfide, also known as cinnabar. Cinnabar is by far the ...

Cinnabar, a red form of toxic mercury sulphide, has never been found on human teeth remains before, scientists say. Previous studies have found evidence of cinnabar and similar red pigments being ...

This was then combined with lead-tin yellow and vermilion (red mercury sulfide) pigments to create the golden luster. This chemical explanation was supported by a comprehensive review of ...

"And while increasing sulfate concentrations have direct implications for ecosystems, they can also have indirect impacts, including changing how mercury is transformed within wetlands." ...