Completing a crossword is a fun and rewarding way to test out your critical thinking and vocabulary skills. Of course, despite how great you think you are at them, there’s going to come a time where a ...
This year is the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements—and today (March 6), the modern version celebrates its 150 th birthday. To find out more about the table and how new ...
Hydrogen is by far the most abundant element in the universe. It constitutes roughly 90 percent of atoms in the Sun and in most stars. Helium ranks second, with nearly 9 percent. This leaves only 1 ...
The periodic table is like a map that organizes elements based on their atomic structure and properties. It helps scientists and students study and understand the vast variety of elements and how they ...
We all know the universe contains a vast array of elements, ranging from light gases, such as helium, to heavy metals, like lead. But where did all of the elements come from? But the universe would ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover chemistry, from its small molecules to its big questions. Amid political and economic turmoil, Qatar has closed its two ...
A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released July 7, 2012, shows U Camelopardalis, a star nearing the end of its life located in the constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe), near the North ...
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Helium gas, which was earth’s most critical energy element, remained outside of any global policy frameworks, US Colorado School of Mines luminary Murray Hitzman said ...
The noble gases, which reside on the East Coast of the periodic table, are its aristocrats—detached and aloof, never bothering to interact with the rabble of common elements that make up the vast ...
Well, this doesn’t happen terribly often: Scientists recently created/discovered four new elements, and the proposed names have just been announced. Neat! I was a little thrown by the suffixes, but ...
Phosphorus and helium are two very different chemical elements with one big thing in common - one day the world could find them much more difficult to get hold of. Show more Helium and phosphorus are ...