Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The ...

But how many of these elements do you know? Test your knowledge and compete with other Live Science readers to see who can come top in our periodic table quiz. The periodic table of elements is a ...

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 ...

Can France claim the first periodic table? Probably not, but a French Geology Professor made a significant advance towards it, even though at the time few people were aware of it. Alexandre Béguyer de ...

These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly found in the ... Surprisingly, our bodies are quite similar to the Earth we live on. The elements that are essential for human ...

in an attempt to memorise some of the 118 elements. This year, the periodic table of chemical elements celebrates its 150th birthday. As the candles on the cake are lit, it's time to test your ...