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 ...

But how many of these elements do you know? Test your knowledge and compete with other Live Science readers to see who can come top in our periodic table quiz. The periodic table of elements is a ...

Can France claim the first periodic table? Probably not, but a French Geology Professor ... with one Professor Foster saying he might have equally well listed the elements alphabetically. Even when ...

in an attempt to memorise some of the 118 elements. This year, the periodic table of chemical elements celebrates its 150th birthday. As the candles on the cake are lit, it's time to test your ...

Scientists have found that our bodies need 28 different elements to function properly. These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly found in the first four periods.