When Dmitri Mendeleev published the periodic table 150 years ago, only about half as many elements were known as today. Over the ensuing decades, researchers have added new names to the chart, ...

It happens all over the periodic table. The chemical symbol for lead is Pb. For mercury, Hg. For antimony, Sb. My chemistry teacher in high school cracked up every time she referred to the symbol ...

Ever wondered what makes Hydrogen number 1 on the periodic table? There's a reason. Discover the intelligent design of the periodic table with BBC Bitesize.

There's a clever design to the Periodic Table. Can you guess why every element has its own special spot? See if you're right with BBC Bitesize.

The periodic table of elements is a landmark categorization developed in 1869 by the Russian chemist and inventor Dmitri ...

His periodic table breaks down the building blocks of nanotechnology, the basis for the new materials that will shape architecture’s future. In celebration of 150 years of publication of Mendeleev’s ...

The periodic table shows all the atoms that everything in the known universe is made from. It’s kind of like the alphabet in which only 26 letters, in different combinations, make up many thousands of ...

2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table. The person who typically gets credit for its creation is Dimitri Mendeleev. But there were many more chemists who should be recognized.

The periodic table is 150 – but it could have looked very different. Through the years, plenty of hopefuls have pitched their own ideas for how the most famous graph in science should look.