Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. This is ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The periodic table of elements is a familiar sight to anyone who's ever sat in a chemistry ...

A computer graphic shows how the collision of calcium ions and berkelium atoms produces atoms of Element 117. (Credit: University of California Television) The scientific body in charge of chemistry’s ...

At the St. Andrews University in Scotland, England, the oldest " periodic table" in the world was discovered. A periodic table (element periodic table) in which elements with similar chemical ...

The iconic chart of elements has served chemistry well for 150 years. But it’s not the only option out there, and scientists are pushing its limits. By Siobhan Roberts When Sir Martyn Poliakoff, a ...

Inspired by the periodic table, this infographic aims to educate college students about the drinks they’re imbibing. Back in 1869, the great Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev noticed periodic trends in ...

If somebody was going to make a work of art of that periodic table of the elements chart you may remember from your high school science classroom, Theodore Gray was the guy to do it. Even if your high ...

A periodic table chart discovered at the University of St Andrews has been officially recognised as the oldest in the world. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...

ACADEMICS claim to have found the world's oldest periodic table - after discovering the 134-year-old chart in a stash of old teaching equipment. The chart of elements, dating from 1885, was discovered ...