READ MORE: Four new elements added to Periodic Table The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, which rules on chemical element names, presented its proposal for public review.

Periodic Table Day is celebrated every year on … well, we'll let you figure that out in the quiz just below! Plenty of folks have a fascination with the periodic table all year long.

Read below to find out. Who Created the Periodic Table of Elements? The credit for creating the modern periodic table goes to Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist, in 1869.

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.

In this periodic table of elements quiz, you have 10 minutes to name as many elements as you can, given only their symbol, atomic weight and the broad group they live in.

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 ...

Teacher and technology specialist Chris Wilson reviews the classroom usefulness of Wonderful Life with the Elements, by Bunpei Yorifuji (No Starch Press, 2012).

In the past 250 years, new elements have been added to the table about once every 2 ½ years on average, said Paul Karol of Carnegie Mellon University. He chaired the committee that recognized the ...