Videos
What it takes to make a new element
Yuri Oganessian tells us how nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson were made
The periodic table
Bonding rethink called for as new metavalent bond proposed
Combination of elements in the metalloid region of periodic table produces a bond with both metallic and covalent characteristics
Welcome to the International Year of the Periodic Table
Celebrating both 150 years of chemistry’s roadmap and 100 years of Iupac
Why the periodic table won't connect with the general public
‘Chemistry’ still has about as much resonance as ‘annual tax return’
Noble gas’s days of fixed atomic weight argon
Chemistry’s standardisation body introduces atomic weight interval for argon and updates weights of another 13 elements
New rationale for 15-element wide f block
Scientists seek to settle periodic table layout debate
Molecular cages could uncover element 114’s true chemical nature
Flerovium-capturing sulfur cages could finally reveal where in the periodic table the superheavy element belongs
Oganesson
Meet Yuri Oganessian, the elemental explorer forever immortalised on the periodic table
Tennessine
Three Tennessee institutions contributed to the discovery of element 117, now fittingly named tennessine
Livermorium
Meet the Mayor of Livermore, California, and discover how his city has been immortalised on the periodic table
