Videos
What it takes to make a new element
2016-11-30T09:40:00+00:00By Kit Chapman
Yuri Oganessian tells us how nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson were made
The periodic table
New ordering of elements could help find materials with promising properties
2020-11-18T14:30:00+00:00By Philip Ball
Universal sequence of elements index uses atomic radii and electronegativity to make predictions about simple compounds
Celebrating the IYPT in style
2020-01-08T13:18:00+00:00Voice of The Royal Society of Chemistry
To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT), the Royal Society of Chemistry led and supported community activities, educational initiatives and celebratory events globally in 2019
Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter’s Wolf: How the Elements Were Named
2020-01-08T09:30:00+00:00By Phillip Broadwith
Accessible to chemists and non-chemists alike, this book traces the evolution of our understanding of the nature of matter itself
Book Club – Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter’s Wolf by Peter Wothers
2020-01-08T09:30:00+00:00By Katrina Krämer, Phillip Broadwith, Catherine Hodges
We talk about chemist Peter Wothers’ first popular science book that uncovers the surprising origins of the elements’ names
Giant periodic table four times larger than previous record holder
2019-12-05T15:03:00+00:00By Katrina Krämer
Enormous 660m2 periodic table adorns Australian university’s new science building
What’s next after the International Year of the Periodic Table?
2019-12-05T09:30:00+00:00By Alice Motion
Chemistry outreach needs to build on IYPT in ways that connect with people and their lives
Cards on the table
2019-12-02T14:46:00+00:00By Roger Highfield, Martyn Poliakoff
Did the International Year of the Periodic Table have its expected impact?
Exhibition: The Elements
2019-12-02T14:30:00+00:00By Brian Iddon
A periodic table exhibition with a wow factor
Copernicium behaves like a volatile noble liquid, simulations suggest
2019-10-23T13:30:00+01:00By Tim Wogan
Relativity plays a part in making element 112 very different to its counterparts in group 12