The periodic table is one of the triumphs of science. Even before certain elements had been discovered, this chart could ...

News Published: 08 April 2015 Exotic atom struggles to find its place in the periodic table Davide Castelvecchi Nature (2015) Cite this article ...

New frontiers: the new cooling technique could lead to ultracold experiments across the periodic table. (Courtesy: iStock/Eyematrix) Researchers in Singapore have used a magneto-optical trap (MOT) to ...

This video excerpt from NOVA's "Hunting the Elements" looks at how early chemists developed the periodic table.

The periodic table is a familiar sight today, and its peculiar shape is now understood to reflect the way electrons arrange themselves around the nucleus inside the atom. Electrons also determine ...