A bacterium from Yellowstone could help break down TNT.

BOSTON — In a sequel to the smallpox-contaminated blankets hand out, museums inadvertently began another round of toxic giving to Native Americans in the 1990s — returning headdresses and other artifacts that were laced with mercury. Now scientists are looking to a microbe that converts solid mercury into a form that evaporates, with hopes of cleaning up the artifacts before giving back more of them to their rightful tribes. "Do we give them something covered in mercury just to have given them their things back? No — it is not OK,” says Munira Albuthi, a microbiologist at ...

Researchers think a microbe could clean up mercury-laced Native American artifacts.

Some of the world’s brightest young minds spent the day explaining their research projects in a packed exhibit hall in Atlanta at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

More than 1,500 young scientists flexed their mental muscles this week at the world's largest high-school science competition.

More than 1,500 high school students will gather in Atlanta to flex their mental muscles at the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.