The United Nations has proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table. The periodic table is more than just a list of known elements, it is a powerful tool that helps scientists ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Chemical Elements in 1869. In celebration, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural ...

This wasn’t the first time a jingle has been written about the elements. In fact, a similar song was written in 1959 by Tom Lehrer. But, apart from being fun study tools, this year we have even more ...

The UN is marking 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. The table itself is widely considered to be one of the greatest scientific achievements in human history.

Since the invention of the periodic table 150 years ago this month, scientists have worked to fill in the rows of elements and make sense of their properties. But researchers have also pursued a ...

The periodic table has become an icon of science. Its rows and columns provide a tidy way of showcasing the elements—the ingredients that make up the universe. It seems obvious today, but it wasn't to ...

The much-beloved annual event and contest #RealTimeChem Week encourages chemists on Twitter to share their chemistry—via photos, videos, and tweets—as they’re doing it. This year, in honor of the ...

The periodic table merges scientific inquiry, international politics, hero worship, desires for structure and desires for credit. Formally, the modern periodic table is a systematic arrangement of the ...

Eric Scerri, a UCLA chemistry lecturer, has written at least six books discussing the orientation of the periodic table. His office is cluttered with posters and three-dimensional models of different ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is one of the most significant achievements in science, capturing the essence not only of chemistry, but also of physics, medicine, earth ...

A century and a half ago, a Russian chemistry professor published a classification of all the known elements, organized by atomic weight. Today, the system that he created for his students — plus some ...