Scientists have long debated why Earth and Mars lack certain essential elements. A new study reveals that these missing ...

February 7 is National Periodic Table Day, when we celebrate the efforts of scientists over the centuries to figure out how different elements ...

The periodic table organizes chemical elements based on atomic weight, electron configurations, and chemical properties, ...

National Periodic Table Day, observed annually on February 7, honors one of the most significant achievements in scientific ...

New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...

Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...

Zahra Khan finds out how a team of scholars is working with the Gadigal to develop a chart that celebrates Indigenous ...

Flow chemistry is the development and study of chemical reactions whereby reactants are combined by pumping fluids, including solutions of reagents, through tubes at known rates. The relative ...

Environmental chemistry is the study of chemical processes that occur in water, air, terrestrial and living environments, and the effects of human activity on them. It includes topics such as ...

The Royal Society of Chemistry has agreed a new three-year Open Access publishing agreement with Couperin, a consortium of French Higher Education and Research establishments.

The periodic table of elements (often known simply as the periodic table) has been helping scientists with their work for a little over 150 years. The handy visual reference guide organizes known ...

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