The periodic table organizes chemical elements based on atomic weight, electron configurations, and chemical properties, ...

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 ...

The seventh row of the table was completed in 2016 when Tennessine, Nihonium, Moscovium, and Oganesson were added. Elements ...

But how many of these elements do you know? Test your knowledge and compete with other Live Science readers to see who can ...

Just four years before Mendeleev announced his periodic table, Newlands noticed that there were similarities between elements with atomic weights that differed by seven. He called this The Law of ...

February 7 is National Periodic Table Day, when we celebrate the efforts of scientists over the centuries to figure out how different elements ...

National Periodic Table Day, observed annually on February 7, honors one of the most significant achievements in scientific ...

The main reason for the molecule falling apart is that a lot of the heavier elements are not stable. Oganesson, which is number 118, has a half-life of 0.7 milliseconds. Number 116, livermorium ...

Can you believe the periodic table has been around for over 150 years? Take this quiz to see if you can find the elements. What information do we collect from this quiz? The periodic table is a ...

After a breakdown in US-Russia relations, Riken finds itself ahead of its rivals. And Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory chases element 120 ...

You interact with about two-thirds of the elements of the periodic table every day. Some, like carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, make up our bodies and the air we breathe. Yet there is also a class of ...

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 ...