Researchers have gained new insights into the chemical properties of the superheavy element flerovium -- element 114 -- at the accelerator facilities of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für ...

From the burning of wood to the action of medicines, the properties and behavior of matter are governed by the way chemical ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Number 99 on the periodic table does not occur naturally and is difficult to make and store, challenging researchers who want to study it. By Kenneth Chang Einsteinium is an element with a famous name ...

Chemists compare gold, silver and copper atoms in compounds with otherwise identical structures. Heidelberg chemists compare gold, silver and copper atoms in compounds with otherwise identical ...

Every field of science has its favorite anniversary. For physics, it’s Newton’s Principia of 1687, the book that introduced the laws of motion and gravity. Biology celebrates Darwin’s On the Origin of ...

A Skoltech professor and his Chinese colleagues have revised a key chemical concept, electronegativity, and determined this characteristic for all elements under varying pressures. The revamped notion ...

Despite the handy chart that is the Periodic Table of Elements, memorizing the properties of each chemical element is not always an easy task for visual learners. But Bunpei Yorifuji’s Wonderful Life ...