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Rewriting the Periodic Table at High Pressure

August 15, 2019

A new study adds an entirely new dimension to the table, offering a new set of principles for material research

Heroines of the Periodic Table

March 22, 2019

In honor of Women's History Month, here's the story of two of chemistry's most brilliant and bold women

Periodic Table Still Influencing Today’s Research

February 8, 2019

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table, and the principles that drove Dmitri Mendeleev to construct his ...

The 'Stuff' of the Universe Keeps Changing

February 1, 2019

Review discusses how stable elements came from the lives and deaths of stars

Creating Attraction between Molecules Deep in the Periodic Table

January 23, 2019

Fundamental advance in supramolecular chemistry opens door to new materials with unusual properties

New Scale for Electronegativity Rewrites the Chemistry Textbook

January 17, 2019

The theory of electronegativity is used to describe how strongly different atoms attract electrons

Is There an End to the Periodic Table?

June 8, 2018

As the 150th anniversary of the formulation of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements looms, a Michigan State University pro...

Gallium and the History of the Periodic Table

January 31, 2018

The chemistry of gallium, the science behind the holes in the periodic table, and the history of how the elements fell into p...

Heavy Chemical Elements Alter Theory of Quantum Mechanics

October 5, 2017

Instead, another well-known scientific theory—Albert Einstein’s famous Theory of Relativity—helps govern th...

New Plutonium Discovery Lights Way for Professor's Work to Clean up Nuclear Waste

May 10, 2017

Recent research shows that plutonium doesn’t exactly work the way scientists thought it did

FIONA to Take on the Periodic Table’s Heavyweights

May 8, 2017

New device at Berkeley Lab’s 88-Inch Cyclotron is designed to measure the mass number of superheavy, human-made element...

Germanium's Semiconducting and Optical Properties Probed under Pressure

January 3, 2017

Researchers were able to create ST12-germanium in a large enough sample size to confirm its characteristics and useful proper...

Have We Found All the Elements? (Video)

October 21, 2016

How elements are made and whether or not creating even more is possible

FSU Chemistry Professor Explores Outer Regions of Periodic Table

September 15, 2016

Florida State University Professor Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt captures the fundamental chemistry of the element berkelium, or Bk...

Provisional Names Announced for Superheavy Elements 113, 115, 117, and 118

June 8, 2016

The provisional names for 115, 117, and 118 will now undergo a statutory period for public review before the names and s...

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