In combination with the triple bond, this is about as uncomfortable as it gets for boron, requiring very special conditions,” ...

Rare earth metals are making headlines as demand rises for products from smartphones to wind turbines, and as governments ...

It is a sandwich with the rarest of fillings. Researchers have unveiled berkelocene, a compound containing the synthetic element berkelium nestled neatly between two ring-shaped molecules (Science ...

Remember having to study the periodic table in high school chemistry? There was always that group of elements set off on their own because they didn't easily fit onto the laminated wall poster ...

Melanie Scott wrote two entertaining books, each featuring the superheroes and villains of Marvel and DC Comics as periodic ...

An international team of researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a new method for analyzing actinides. The method provides unique insights into the electronic ...

It was perhaps the greatest breakthrough in the history of chemistry. Mendeleev’s ideas ... and interest in the periodic table soared. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox!

Tennessine (Ts) was officially recognized as element 117 by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) in 2016. 6 Oganesson (Og) is the most recently added superheavy element (SHE) ...

‘I have a dream of walking into a chemistry lecture theatre and seeing two periodic tables – the traditional one and a periodic table in the language of the Gadigal whose land we teach on,’ says ...

(AP Photo) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] A Taliban fighter opened fire at the United Nations compound in Kabul, slightly injuring a security guard, and was later ...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Gunshots fired by a member of the Taliban's security forces at the United Nations' largest compound killed one person and injured another in Kabul, the United Nations ...