Bismuth is an unusual element that we don't encounter much in everyday life. But this pretty, iridescent metal, found near ...

[NightHawkInLight] has been playing around with the diamagnetic properties of bismuth. Diamagnetic materials get a lot of attention due to their strange ability to produce the opposite of the ...

Ram Mohan looks at how bismuth — a remarkably harmless element among the toxic heavy metals in the periodic table — has sparked interest in areas varying from medicinal to industrial chemistry.

Of course, building and expanding domestic capacity will take time, significant capital, and appropriate government policies, but it can be done. However, for some minerals—such as bismuth and ...