It is an icon of natural science and hangs in most chemistry classrooms: the periodic table of elements, which is celebrating its 150th birthday this year. The tabular overview is closely linked to ...

A chemical bond between a superheavy element and a carbon atom has been established for the first time. This research opens new vistas for studying the effects of Einstein's relativity on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a ...

If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the ...

Initially dedicated at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, on March 11, 2000. Rededicated at Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley on August 11, 2019, during the ...

Melissa Block and Robert Siegel read entries from a Web site that offers short poems about each of the chemical elements. The site, iSciFiStory.com, asked people to write haiku about their favorites.

An international team led by scientists of GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz, succeeded in determining the chemical properties of the ...

Entitled “Jadvaleev”, the name of the event is inspired from the Persian word ‘Jadval’ which means ‘table’ in rhyme with ‘Mendeleev’. The event is organized in nine different stations for visitors of ...

The periodic table of chemical elements, often called the periodic table, organizes all discovered chemical elements in rows (called periods) and columns (called groups) according to increasing atomic ...

A chemical element is one of those squares on the periodic table that adorns many a classroom wall. Sure. But what is an element really? It is a more subtle question that you might realise. To get to ...