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

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 ...

This is the second part of a three-part series written by Carolyn Krause. Many of the elements were synthesized using an Oak ...

Well it's actually quite elemental—The Periodic Table of the Elements, that is. The whiz, bang, pop, and color are all possible by combining the most basic substances of which we know ...

Electronegativity, an essential characteristic of all elements in the periodic table, measures an atom's ability to attract ... as well as optical properties (like color). Chemists have come up with ...

and all the elements in group 0 are unreactive non-metals. The zigzag, staircase, line in the diagram of the periodic table above separates the metals, on the left, from non-metals, on the right.

We are extremely pleased to announce the installation of a stunning periodic table of the elements. Because it is really over 100 individual displays of the elements ...

Scientists have found that our bodies need 28 different elements to function properly. These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly found in the first four periods.

This year we celebrate the 150 th anniversary of Mendeleev’s achievement in formulating the structure of the periodic table that we use today. He announced his structure in 1869, but the challenge of ...