An curved arrow pointing right. Gallium, a lesser common element, has some neat tricks up its quickly melting sleeve. It melts in your hand, can be used to make a gag spoon, and can turn a typical ...

A most remarkable property of gallium is its low melting point. It liquefies completely at 86° Fah. , or below the heat of the hand; and, still more curiously, when once melted at this ...

In a significant escalation of tensions between China and the United States, China has announced a ban on the export of several critical materials to the U.S. This decision comes as a direct response ...

An curved arrow pointing right. You definitely shouldn't mess around with mercury, but if you want a safe, similar, tactile experience, a metal called Gallium is widely available online.

Stéphane Séjourné, an executive vice president at the European Commission, toured an aluminum plant that will soon extract gallium — a silvery, melt-in-your-hand metal used in advanced ...