In his book, Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth’s Past and Will Shape Our Future, author Stephen Porder argues that these five elements—your building blocks—are “life’s formula.”Ninety-nine ...

THE merits of a book on atomic and molecular structure can be judged by a very simple test. If the book merely gives an account of the personal views and impressions of the author, in the form of ...

The periodic table of chemical elements, often called the periodic table, organizes all discovered chemical elements in rows (called periods) and columns (called groups) according to increasing atomic ...

Learn about elements, compounds and mixtures in this KS3 Chemistry guide from BBC Bitesize.

The noble gases are the chemical elements in group 18 of the periodic table. They are the most stable due to having the maximum number of valence electrons their outer shell can hold. Therefore ...

In this periodic table of elements quiz, you have 10 minutes to name as many elements as you can, given only their symbol, ...

Save The Date: SciFri Book Club Events The Devil’s Element: In-Person and Online at Volumes Bookcafe. Volumes Bookcafe in Chicago will host environmental journalist Dan Egan in conversation about his ...

A longstanding mystery of the periodic table involves a group of unique elements called lanthanides. Also known as rare earth ...

Each element is distinguished by the number of protons, neutrons and electrons that it possesses. The atoms of each chemical element have a defining and same number of protons and electrons, but – ...