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

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

They are seeking good fortune in their hunt for an elusive entity: element 119. The periodic table looks complete, but it isn’t. The race is on to discover the table’s next row of elements ...

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

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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, ...

The main reason for the molecule falling apart is that a lot of the heavier elements are not stable. Oganesson, which is number 118, has a half-life of 0.7 milliseconds. Number 116, livermorium ...

Like the periodic table of elements, which has enabled generations of scientists to predict the existence of yet-undiscovered elements and the behavior of those already known, the brain-cell ...

Lithium has been the apple of the mining industry’s eye as demand for electric vehicle batteries has skyrocketed. Now, the ...