Phosphorus – the same element used in the striking surface of matchboxes – is fundamental to life. It’s a key component of ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified what appears to be a new element on asteroid 33 Polyhymnia, ...

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

The periodic table stares down from the walls of just about every chemistry lab. The credit for its creation generally goes to Dimitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist who in 1869 wrote out the known ele ...

Eric Scerri's delightful "The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance" follows the 1969 classic by J. W. Spronsen, "The Periodic System of Chemical Elements," but is a different treatment ...

The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular method of displaying the chemical elements, first devised in 1869 by the Russian chemist Dimitri Mendeleev. Mendeleev intended the table to ...

Periodic table quiz! How well do you know these scientific facts about the table of elements? Test your science knowledge in this fun and engaging lifestyle quiz!

Recycled Periodic Discussions It’s going to take a long time for element 117 to make it onto the periodic table. Why?

Hoffman is a chemist who works for Sargent-Welch, a 150-year-old company that sells educational materials out of Buffalo. The tables in question are periodic tables. Which now must be altered ...

Is It Time to Upend the Periodic Table? The iconic chart of elements has served chemistry well for 150 years. But it’s not the only option out there, and scientists are pushing its limits.

The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. It would be hard to overstate its importance ...