Chemists have recently explored protactinium's multiple resemblances to more completely understand the relationship between the transition metals and the complex chemistry of the early actinide ...

Unlock the secrets of the Periodic Table of Elements with these surprising facts and deepen your understanding of the building blocks of our universe. The periodic table of elements is a cornerstone ...

Elemental building blocks -- Chemical discoveries -- Inside an atom -- Periodic table of elements -- Reactions and uses -- Hydrogen -- Alkali metals -- Alkaline earth metals -- Transition metals -- ...

The first version of Mendeleev’s periodic table, published in 1869, was reportedly completed in just one day. Historians have pieced together what happened during that day. On the morning of February ...

A team of Russian and American scientists announced today the creation of several atoms of the previously unknown element 117. The discovery of “ununseptium” will eventually fill a longtime gap on the ...

On a stage in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization headquarters in Paris, Yuri Oganessian holds a microphone in one hand and a small remote control in the other. Over ...

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 of ...