U.S. military personnel have been exposed to the highly toxic metal beryllium at dozens of Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps facilities, with some levels exceeding legal safety limits, a Tribune ...

Using exquisitely detailed maps of molecular shapes and the electrical charges surrounding them, researchers have discovered how the metal beryllium triggers a deadly immune response in the lungs.

The Department of Energy initially considered cleaning up this site under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, but decided the potential for contamination was remote. See below for ...

More information on beryllium exposure:Web Resources: DOE: Beryllium Exposure Studies and Testing The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education beryllium web site. ORISE is an official DOE ...

The federal government paid a total of $1.4 million to compensate or care for victims of beryllium disease associated with a Tucson manufacturing site. The U.S. Department of Labor announced this week ...

The metal its self has a steel grey appearance. It has an extremely high melting point 1290°C (2354°F) and is the most lightweight except for magnesium of the common metals. It is nonmagnetic, has ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The Department of Energy initially considered cleaning up this site under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, but found no indication that the site had handled radioactive materials ...

The figure above is probably not how one should choose to teach students about the periodic table, but it illustrates a point. Note that most the everyday elements—the ones we've all heard of— are ...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is moving forward with proposed revisions to standards covering exposure to beryllium, announcing that it has placed ...

Even though the lightest known metals in the universe, lithium and beryllium, do not bind to one another under normal atmospheric or ambient pressure, scientists predicts that lithium and beryllium ...