When it comes to science, chemistry is elemental. That pun is based on the fact that the main building blocks in the branch ...

The periodic table of elements is a landmark categorization developed in 1869 by the Russian chemist and inventor Dmitri Mendeleev. It arranges all natural and synthetic elements by their atomic ...

The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. It would be hard to overstate its importance ...

History of science: Elements of romance. Mark Peplow 1 ... his kid-gloved fist placed firmly on a table. The gleam in his eye would have set his fans swooning.

The periodic table of chemical elements hangs in front of chemistry classrooms worldwide and is an icon for science. Yet much was unknown about its history -- until now. The periodic table ...

You know the periodic table that hung on the wall of every science class you took at school? As of today, it’s wrong. Or more precisely, it's inaccurate.

Mendeleev’s table was designed to be read top to bottom and then left to right. To orient it like the modern table, it needs to be rotated 90 degrees clockwise and then flipped across its vertical ...

150 years ago, Russian chemist Dmitrii Mendeleev created the periodic table of the elements, revolutionizing chemistry.

Science: Element 98. 2 minute read. TIME. March 27, 1950 12:00 AM GMT-5. ... which stands six steps up the periodic table (of chemical elements) from uranium, the heaviest natural element.

The periodic table currently has 118 chemical elements (SN: 11/30/16).The five heaviest elements were all produced using a beam of calcium-48. That’s a variety, or isotope, of calcium with 28 ...