Trash Gobbling Robots Cleaning Lake Tahoe and Beyond! Science World's oldest periodic table chart emerges from obscurity Germanium, discovered in 1886, is not included on the chart.

Created 150 years ago, the Periodic Table is a triumph of form and function. Now this design classic has been updated for the 21st century – and opened up to a new audience.

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are using the 88-Inch Cyclotron to help steady ...

As part of their chemistry class, seventh-graders at Cohen Hillel Academy in Marblehead created periodic-table windsocks, integrating the design process with a multi-faceted approach to ...

The iconic chart of elements has served chemistry well for 150 years. But it’s not the only option out there, and scientists are pushing its limits.

The orderly periodic table—often printed with just the chemical symbol and atomic weight of its 118 elements—doesn't quite manage to convey to nonscientists the richness of what these substances bring ...

There's a clever design to the Periodic Table. Can you guess why every element has its own special spot? See if you're right with BBC Bitesize.

The periodic table stares down from the walls of just about every chemistry lab. The credit for its creation generally goes to Dimitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist who in 1869 wrote out the known ...