News tagged with periodic table
Livermore and Russian scientists propose new names for elements 114 and 116
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) today recommended new proposed names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table.
Dec 01, 2011 |
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A revolution in knot theory
In the 19th century, Lord Kelvin made the inspired guess that elements are knots in the "ether". Hydrogen would be one kind of knot, oxygen a different kind of knot---and so forth throughout the periodic table ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Endangered species? Should cheap phosphorus be first on an elemental 'Red List?'
Should the periodic table bear a warning label in the 21st century or be revised with a lesson about elemental supply and demand? If so, that lesson could start with one element considered a staple of life but growing ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Researchers discover material with graphene-like properties
After the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to two scientists in 2010 who had studied the material graphene, this substance has received a lot of attention.
Oct 14, 2011 |
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It's true! Scientists HAVE written the world's smallest periodic table
(PhysOrg.com) -- The 2012 Guinness World Records has been published and confirms that scientists at The University of Nottingham hold the record for writing the worlds smallest periodic table. ...
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Looking back into the Big Bang
A Q&A with physicist William Trischuk about the Large Hadron Collider.
Jun 28, 2011 |
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After three years of review, two new elements finally added to the Periodic Table
(PhysOrg.com) -- After three years of review, a committee representing the governing bodies of both chemistry and physics, has published a paper on Pure and Applied Chemistry, accepting the work of a coll ...
YouTube chemistry sensations share formula for success
It started on an impulse, made unlikely YouTube stars of its scientific presenters and has grown to a global audience of more than 15 million.
May 26, 2011 |
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Musical chairs around the periodic table
Life on Earth is composed of a handful of essential elements from the periodic table. Recently, one group of researchers claimed that this ingredient list should be expanded, having found a bacteria that presumably ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Periodic table of shapes to give a new dimension to maths (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mathematicians are creating their own version of the periodic table that will provide a vast directory of all the possible shapes in the universe across three, four and five dimensions, linking ...
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Valentine's Day can be scientific, romantic
Who said there is no romance in science? Well there is, and it comes in many different chemical compounds!
Feb 14, 2011 |
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How do you make lithium melt in the cold?
Sophisticated tools allow scientists to subject the basic elements of matter to conditions drastic enough to modify their behavior. By doing this, they can expand our understanding of matter. A research team including three ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Smallest periodic table fits on the side of human hair (w/ Video)
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have written what they believe is the world's smallest periodic table -- on the side of a human hair. The table is so small that a million of them could be replicated ...
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Atomic weights of 10 elements on periodic table about to make an historic change
For the first time in history, a change will be made to the atomic weights of some elements listed on the Periodic table of the chemical elements posted on walls of chemistry classrooms and on the inside covers ...
Dec 15, 2010 |
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An Alchemist's Dream: Superatoms Mimic Elements
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Will Castleman and his team have discovered clusters of atoms that mimic some of the properties of other elements. Called "superatoms," these clusters of atoms behave like a single "superatom" ...
Jul 29, 2010 |
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