This year we celebrate the 150 th anniversary of Mendeleev’s achievement in formulating the structure of the periodic table that we use today. He announced his structure in 1869, but the challenge of ...

in an attempt to memorise some of the 118 elements. This year, the periodic table of chemical elements celebrates its 150th birthday. As the candles on the cake are lit, it's time to test your ...

A still from the recent season of the BBC's Sherlock showed the world's only "consulting detective" was relying on a 19th century version of the periodic table of the elements. The Royal Society of ...