Nickel News

A YouTube user conducts an experiment to find out what happens when you take a red hot nickel ball and place it on a block of ice. The ball burns a hole right through the center of the frozen block.

New research shows that BlackBerry smartphones contain more nickel than iPhones and Androids. Nickel is known to cause skin allergies. Those with nickel sensitivities using a BlackBerry are advised to shorten their calls and reduce text messaging.

A northern Ontario M. P. P. continues to pursue the question of how much it has cost the Ontario government to fight a class-action lawsuit against parents of autistic children.

The Toyota Prius is touted for its environmentally friendly engineering by using a hybrid engine: a traditional gas-powered engine and a battery-powered engine. But it's a very different story if you factor in the manufacturing process to make a Prius...

Customers leave Ikea's 29 U.S. stores every day with Nordic-named housewares and assemble-it-yourself furniture, but the Swedish home furnishings retailer wants to see shoppers walk out with one less thing: a plastic bag.