A new study lays the groundwork to expand the periodic table with a search for element 120, to be made by slamming electrically charged titanium atoms, or ions, into a californium target.

Smith used spectroscopic measurements of each element from the periodic table and converted them into sound. That, in and of itself, isn’t new.

Since the turn of the century, six new chemical elements have been discovered and subsequently added to the periodic table of elements, the very icon of chemistry. These new elements have high ...

Students can try playing the Periodic Table Game, Game #2. This is an online version of the periodic table card game from this lesson that you can assign as class work or homework after students have ...

Key Concepts The periodic table is a chart containing information about the atoms that make up all matter. An element is a substance made up of only one type of atom. The atomic number of an atom is ...