MIT physicists have captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space. The pictures reveal ...

Rare earth elements are critical to many industries—used in electric motors, medical imaging and diagnostics, oil and gas ...

Not classified as an element until the 1780s, tungsten likely first popped up in German chemistry as ‘Wolfram,’ and Brahe’s ...

See the fascinating creation of a tangible representation of the elements in this unique model of the periodic table.

The ancient Greeks looked to use the four main elements to interpret reality and the world. Empedocles was the proponent of ...