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Science Corner: Predicting Periodically

July 10, 2019 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

The periodic table turned 150 earlier this year, or at least March 1 was the 150th anniversary of the publication of Dmitri Mendeleev's version. Chemists had organized the elements in a tabular fashion previously, and some features (like interactivity!) of contemporary representations would be added later. Still, Mendeleev's published version was a significant milestone, since he recognized regularities within properties of the elements which suggested some elements with specific features were undiscovered. Even better … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Predicting Periodically

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: artificial intelligence, chemistry, machine learning, periodic table, science, science corner

Science Corner: All Signs Point to Nihonium

December 7, 2016 by Andy Walsh 2 Comments

There are now 118 named elements on the periodic table. The latest additions made big news last week. Elements 113, 115, 116 and 117 are now named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson respectively. The actual event triggering the headlines wasn't what you'd traditionally picture as science however. It wasn't the actual discovery or synthesis of these elements; that happened years ago. It wasn't even the selection of the names which was announced back in June. It was simply the completion of the bureaucratic … [Read more...] about Science Corner: All Signs Point to Nihonium

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: Advent, chemistry, elements, periodic table, science, science corner

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