A California-based shelter operator was awarded a five-year contract for up to $50 million to operate temporary, congregate shelter sites in Portland. Urban Alchemy, the San Francisco-based ...

The new technique eliminates toxic chemicals by using a common disinfectant and a recyclable polymer to recover gold from ...

And the sophick mercury recipe is only now resurfacing in part because Cambridge University, Newton’s alma mater, turned down the opportunity to archive his alchemy recipes in 1888.

Making philosophic mercury was just one of the steps of the alchemical process. It could be used to make the philosopher's stone, a mythical substance that alchemists believed had magical properties.

Alchemy helps cheat death on the TV show “Fullmetal Alchemist,” a story of two brothers ... Principe's studies of an ancient Greek alchemist named Zosimos showed he paired sulfur with mercury.

Alchemy is an ancient practice shrouded in mystery and secrecy. Its practitioners mainly sought to turn lead into gold, a quest that has captured the imaginations of people for thousands of years ...

A&R Creative Group, which owns multiple ventures around Central Ohio including The Crest and Alchemy, expects to open The Mercury Diner at 621 Parsons Ave. this fall on the city’s south side.

Newton's Alchemy. By Bill Newman; Posted 11.15.05; NOVA; Historian of science Bill Newman says that Isaac Newton's alchemical notebooks are like a gigantic jigsaw puzzle.