Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. This is ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the late 19th century, the Russian ...

Remember your periodic table from high school chemistry? As of Monday, it will look a little different. Four new elements have been added to the tail end of the familiar chart, completing the seventh ...

The chart was hidden amongst a trove of rolled-up papers in the school's chemistry building Courtesy of the University of St. Andrews A periodic table unearthed during routine storage cleaning at ...

The world's largest periodic table made its debut in Chicago on Sept. 22 at the kick-off event for a two-week citywide science education and awareness program. The giant chart, which stood eight ...

I entered the Yale Medical Historical Library with the smell of tert-butyl methyl ether still lingering, phantom-like, from the organic chemistry lab I had just left. Tucked away in my lab notebook ...

The iconic chart of elements has served chemistry well for 150 years. But it’s not the only option out there, and scientists are pushing its limits. By Siobhan Roberts When Sir Martyn Poliakoff, a ...

Bacon is a nutritional no-no: It’s a highly processed slab of red meat and fat with sky-high sodium content. Food scientists continue to sound the alarm over gorging on the savory treat along with ...

One day, during the spring semester of 1999, L. Bruce Railsback turned against one of science’s most visible icons: the periodic table of chemical elements. He was using a conventional periodic table ...