Detail of “The Periodic Table of Elements,” left. Found objects inevitably carry certain meanings and memories with them no matter how they are transformed and reused by artists. Brought together as ...

For those who celebrate the Lunar New Year, 2019 is the year of the pig. But for chemists around the world, 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the first publication of the periodic table by Mendeleev ...

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 ...

As of 2019, the Periodic Table of the Elements has been around for 150 years. Maybe you've felt a certain chemistry with 2019 but don't know why? Maybe it's because this year marks the 150th ...

at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. “Perspectives in Chemistry: 150 Years of the Periodic Table” engages prominent scientists in sharing their perspectives on the history of the ...

Think the current Periodic Table of chemical elements are neat and elegant? When it first debuted in the mid-nineteenth century, it looked nothing like what it is now: it only has 60 elements and ...

Rare earth elements are actually more abundant than precious metals such as platinum and gold. The challenge, however, is ...

Researchers used a particle accelerator and co-precipitation to study the chemical reactivity of single rutherfordium atoms. Such experiments will continue the advancement of relativistic chemistry ...

Scientists have captured the fundamental chemistry of the element berkelium, or Bk on the periodic table. A little known -- and difficult to obtain -- element on the fringes of the periodic table is ...

Chemistry has broken the spirits of many struggling high-schoolers and university students alike, but there might be a handy tool that can finally guide you through the various elements and help you ...

Tech blog The Beacon recently posted an interesting twist on the periodic table. If you weren't asleep in high school chemistry, you'll recall the periodic table as a colorful chart that your teacher ...