Elemental music: Interactive periodic table turns He, Fe, Ca into Do, Re, Mi. Hydrogen has a scale pattern; zinc "sounds like an angelic vocalist singing with vibrato." ...

Researchers in Germany produced element 112 in 1996, and now that it has been recognized by the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry, it will be the newest addition to the periodic table ...

In your phone, computer, or any other LCD screen, for example, you’ll find a dash of indium, a soft, malleable metal that is in short supply in the Earth’s crust.

This graphic, spotted by inhabitat, presents the information found in a traditional periodic table with pictographs and labels indicating where you might encounter each element in your life.

For example, iron is necessary for producing haemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Zinc helps our cells work properly, grow ...