Today the periodic table is the starting point for understanding chemistry. On the wall of every laboratory or school chemistry department you are likely to find hung a copy where chemists and student ...

Over a century after its creation, the periodic table remains one of the most critical tools in science, providing a framework for understanding the building blocks of matter. It not only ...

Students look more deeply into the structure of the atom and play a game to better understand the relationship between protons, neutrons, electrons, and energy levels in atoms and their location in ...

The periodic table is a good example of how scientific ... further confirming that Mendeleev’s understanding was correct. Image caption, The element germanium was discovered in 1886.

The periodic table is a good example of how scientific ... further confirming that Mendeleev’s understanding was correct. Image caption, The element germanium was discovered in 1886.

Since then, the periodic table has evolved to reflect over 150 years of scientific development and understanding in chemistry and physics. Today, with 118 known elements, it is widely regarded as one ...

Research on moscovium and nihonium shows they are more reactive than flerovium and subject to notable relativistic effects, ...

Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The ...

The periodic table is now a thing of both beauty and practical use, says Dr Wothers. "You can understand certain things just by considering the place of an element in this table, or in this ...

Fermium studies indicate nuclear shell effects diminish as nuclear mass increases, emphasizing macroscopic influences in ...