This is a big year for the Periodic Table of the Elements as the world celebrates the 150th anniversary of Dmitri Mendeleev's creation. We can now lays eyes on a fascinating relic of its history.

In this video excerpt from NOVA's "Hunting the Elements," New York Times technology columnist David Pogue explores how the periodic table of elements took shape. Learn how the periodic table ...

As part of their chemistry class, seventh-graders at Cohen Hillel Academy in Marblehead created periodic-table windsocks, integrating the design process with a multi-faceted approach to ...

The periodic table brought solidity to a field of inquiry that had long been squishy. Sir Isaac Newton, in Query 31, a section in his 1717 work “Opticks,” listed and ranked chemical compounds ...

Four new elements added to periodic table, filling out the chart’s seventh row by Alan Boyle on January 4, 2016 at 9:04 am Share 4 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...

In an unprecedentedly precise accelerator experiment, researchers directly observed how some of the heaviest known elements ...

You know the periodic table that hung on the wall of every science class you took at school? As of today, it’s wrong. Or more precisely, it's inaccurate. One of the biggest changes in decades is ...

The Periodic Table of Elements You may remember the periodic table of the elements as a dreary chart on your classroom wall. If so, you never guessed its real purpose: It’s a giant cheat sheet. We ...