The periodic table stares down from the walls of just about every chemistry lab. The credit for its creation generally goes to Dimitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist who in 1869 wrote out the known ...

In other periodic table news, Ezequiel Skorepa, a graduate student at the National University of Jujuy in Argentina, has designed a cylindrical periodic table that can be printed using a 3-D printer.

Aurelia: This Latin name means “golden” — and Gold’s elemental symbol on the Periodic Table is “Au” Helia: Inspired by the noble gas helium; also means “of the sun” in Greek ...

Video screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET Australia In high school science classes, students are encouraged to memorize the first 20 elements of the periodic table.