They all have a link to the periodic table, which turned 150 in 2019! Here are some fascinating elements that you may never have heard of, but definitely should. Krypton derives from the Greek ...

The periodic table of chemical elements, often called the periodic table, organizes all discovered chemical elements in rows (called periods) and columns (called groups) according to increasing atomic ...

to discover krypton, neon and xenon (1898). It was debated whether the 'inert' monoatomic gases belonged to the periodic table owing to their lack of 'chemical properties'; elements coming late to ...

For about 70 years, ever since plutonium slipped out of a nuclear reaction, the search has been on to make ever heavier and more exotic elements to add to our periodic table. And I emphasise ... by ...