Mercury, also called quicksilver, is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery, transition metal, mercury is one of five elements that are ...

Scientists discovered a method to create element 116 using a titanium beam, paving the way for future synthesis of element ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Three recently discovered chemical elements will be named after Moscow, Japan and Tennessee under a recommendation by an international scientific group. A fourth name honors a Russian ...

The chemical composition of a planetary body reflects its starting conditions modified by numerous processes during its formation and geological evolution. Measurements by X-ray, gamma-ray, and ...

Excavating human skeletons is the closest archaeologists can get to the people who lived in the past. Once excavated the bones are often analysed chemically in order to yield as much information as ...