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 ...

Well it's actually quite elemental—The Periodic Table of the Elements, that is. The whiz, bang, pop, and color are all possible by combining the most basic substances of which we know ...

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

and all the elements in group 0 are unreactive non-metals. The zigzag, staircase, line in the diagram of the periodic table above separates the metals, on the left, from non-metals, on the right.

This is the second part of a three-part series written by Carolyn Krause. Many of the elements were synthesized using an Oak ...