A MODERN table of chemical elements must show electronic configurations as well as the variation in the properties of the elements with atomic number. It should also include the lanthanide and ...

IN my earlier communication 1 I argued that it was better to use a conventional table, adapted to show electronic configurations, than the unusual and reversed forms that have been proposed 2–4. I ...

You know the periodic table that hung on the wall of every science class you took at school? As of today, it’s wrong. Or more precisely, it's inaccurate. One of the biggest changes in decades is set ...

You might not realize it, but almost everywhere around you are rare metals from the earth. In your phone, computer, or any other LCD screen, for example, you’ll find a dash of indium, a soft, ...

When it comes to science, chemistry is elemental. That pun is based on the fact that the main building blocks in the branch ...

At the far end of the periodic table is a realm where nothing is quite as it should be. The elements here, starting at atomic number 104 (rutherfordium), have never been found in nature. In fact, they ...