Everything around us is built from sets of chemical elements. From the air we breathe to the jewelry we wear. All of these elements can be found on the periodic table that we’ve all had a chance to ...

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. One of the biggest changes in decades is set ...

Take the challenge to learn about the life and career highlights of famed nonagenarian actress and comedian Betty White. Learn about some of the history, devices and lingo associated with modern man's ...

As promised at the beginning of the year, C&EN is continuing its celebration of the 150th anniversary of the periodic table all year long. In honor of the International Year of the Periodic Table of ...

Test your knowledge of science tidbits that have been in the news recently. Answers about Vincent van Gogh, laboratory-made meat, growth hormone and youthfulness, solar flares and mathematicians' ...

Periodic table is an arrangement of all known elements organized on the basis of structure and atomic number. Moving across the periodic table, one finds an increase in the number of protons. Moving ...

The discovery of element 117 filled the last remaining gap in the periodic table as we know it. But even as it is being completed, the table may be losing its power In 2010 researchers in Russia ...

Mark Blaskovich receives funding from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Wellcome Trust. He is a member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the ...

To all budding chemists, learn about a wide range of substances defined as being made up entirely from one type of atom in this multiple-choice challenge.