Periodic table articles – Page 2

Feature
Modern-day alchemists

2016-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sam Tracey visits Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to find out how to make a new element
News
Gold nanoclusters offer route to better vaccines

2016-08-12T00:00:00Z

New technique improves immune response and safety of hepatitis E vaccine
News
Iupac announces new element names

2016-07-07T00:00:00Z

Nh, Mc, Ts and Og up for scrutiny
Soundbite
Harry Kroto: a fond farewell

2016-06-16T00:00:00Z

Nina Notman pays her respects to Harry Kroto, a co-discover of the buckyball
Opinion
The education of Harry Kroto

2016-05-10T09:49:00Z

Kristy Turner reflects on Sir Harry Kroto's relationship with education
News
Periodic table gains four new elements

2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

Teams in Japan, Russia and the US credited with discoveries
Soundbite
Hydrogen falls apart under pressure

2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

Nina Notman learns that the simplest element in the universe is actually quite complex when put under pressure
Opinion
Five ideas in chemical education that must die - part five

2015-09-15T14:44:00Z

Eric Scerri explores outdated chemical concepts
Feature
Exploding some myths

2015-09-10T00:00:00Z

Declan Fleming investigates what’s really going on when alkali metals hit water
News
Confirmation of buckyballs in the Milky Way

2015-09-10T00:00:00Z

Gas-phase spectra clears up decades old mystery of unidentified absorption bands in our galaxy
Analysis
Sinister caesium: the birth of a meme

2015-09-01T13:07:00Z

Declan Fleming investigates the story behind the classic caesium explosion video
Analysis
Alkali metals – the camera lies

2015-08-20T16:39:00Z

Declan Fleming explains how Brainiac's faked explosions helped produce a great resource to stretch his students
Opinion
Five ideas in chemical education that must die - part three

2015-08-11T08:48:00Z

Eric Scerri explores outdated chemical concepts
News
Boron and beryllium finally shake hands

2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Never-before-seen bond observed between periodic table neighbours
The Mole
Chemistry is like… The Simpsons

2015-01-01T15:34:00Z

The world’s favourite animated family gives us an interesting way to view chemistry. Tom Husband explains
News
Assessing covalency in hydrogen bonds

2014-11-20T00:00:00Z

A fresh perspective
Feature
Unwitting artists

2014-09-10T00:00:00Z

Is there art in chemical structures and diagrams? Jennifer Newton looks at the aesthetics all around us
Review
Around the world in 18 elements

2014-03-28T00:00:00Z

Elemental questions
Opinion
Chemistry gives most of the answers

2013-11-07T00:00:00Z

While researching a new book, Bill Bryson takes a trip through cyberspace to try to answer a childhood question – and discovers that chemistry is really quite exciting
The Mole
Trade secrets... Helium balloons

2013-11-01T16:43:00Z

Secrets of the trade: Where does the helium gas in a party balloon come from? Jonathan Hare finds out…