The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

An international team of researchers, led by scientists from GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Germany, has studied r-process ...

Answer: That would be magnesium. Magnesium gets extremely hot when it reacts with oxygen in the air. Magnesium has 2 ...

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A grade 5 Covenant College student has set the Guinness World Record for fastest time to recite periodic table from memory.

Symbolism goes all the way back to the alchemists. Alchemists were particularly talented at inventing symbols, not just for what we recognise today as elements and substances, but also for depicting ...

Mercury is the Roman name for the Greek god Hermes, the protector of travelers, thieves and merchants. On the periodic table of elements, the chemical symbol for mercury is Hg, from the Latin word - ...

Element 117 has been given a temporary symbol of Uus, but a petition instigated by Dr Kat Day, a chemist, blogger and self-proclaimed “huge” Pratchett fan, wants 117 to be named octarine [Oc ...

In this periodic table of elements quiz, you have 10 minutes to name as many elements as you can, given only their symbol, atomic weight and the broad group they live in. It's no mean feat, the ...