February 7 is National Periodic Table Day, when we celebrate the efforts of scientists over the centuries to figure out how different elements ...

National Periodic Table Day, observed annually on February 7, honors one of the most significant achievements in scientific ...

The periodic table organizes chemical elements based on atomic weight, electron configurations, and chemical properties, ...

Zahra Khan finds out how a team of scholars is working with the Gadigal to develop a chart that celebrates Indigenous ...

The day celebrates the challenges chemists overcame to develop the modern periodic table. English chemist John Newlands published one of the first tables of elements on Feb. 7, 1863.

Both rubies and emeralds are minerals, which is a type of rock with a consistent chemical composition and a highly ordered ...

One feature of compounds made with transition metals is their intense colour. There are many examples in nature, including ...

The colors of rubies and emeralds are so striking that they define shades of red and green - ruby red and emerald green. But ...

Rubies and emeralds have the colors they do because, like many substances, they absorb some colors of light. Most visible light, like sunlight, is composed of all the colors of the rainbow: red, ...

When you think of helium, you probably think of blowing up a bunch of balloons. But that's just the tip of the iceberg for ...