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 ...

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.

The section in the middle of the table is called the Transition Metals. If you know what one of the elements in a group is like, you can make predictions about the other elements in a group.

But how many of these elements do you know? Test your knowledge and compete with other Live Science readers to see who can ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Chemical Elements in 1869. In celebration, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural ...

This year we celebrate the 150 th anniversary of Mendeleev’s achievement in formulating the structure of the periodic table that we use today. He announced his structure in 1869, but the challenge of ...

but I'm still a little bit lost on what all of this actually means. So how has the periodic table been put together? Mrs Roberts: Well, the modern periodic table shows us all of the elements ...