The periodic table has become an icon of science. Its rows and columns provide a tidy way of showcasing the elements — the ingredients that make up the universe. It seems obvious today, but it wasn’t ...

Who could refrain, that had a periodic poem to write, and in that poem, courage to make an element known (apologies to Shakespeare). Students of Danny Long’s Radical Science Writing class (WRTG 3030) ...

Many students, especially non-science majors, dread chemistry. The first lesson in an introductory chemistry course typically deals with how to interpret the periodic table of elements, but its ...

"We just last month finished altering our tables," says Lisabeth Hoffman. "And now. . . " And now? Scientists, rejoice. Hoffman is a chemist who works for Sargent-Welch, a 150-year-old company that ...

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 ...

The story of the fifteenth element began in Hamburg, in 1669. The unsuccessful glassblower and alchemist Hennig Brandt was trying to find the philosopher’s stone, a mythical substance that could turn ...

When you see the periodic table, what comes to mind? The pieces on a scrabble board? Maybe you think about your high school chemistry class. Maybe you think of the colorful table plastered on the wall ...