Elements Matter

This is a new and unique feature on Elements which is now being regularly published every month. Behind every element are stories from how it was discovered, the scientists behind the element to the stories on its amazing developments and applications. This feature will bring you very interesting and not widely known nuggets behind every element.

Mercury – Shiny liquid metal with a dark side

Mercury, the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature, has fascinated people right from ancient civilisations and alchemists to the scientists of...

Silicon – High-tech element of the information age

First, we had the stone age. Then came the bronze age, followed by the iron age. And now, we’re in the information age. Or...

Aluminium – Once elusive, now a prized metal

Behind every element are stories on how it was discovered, on the scientists behind the element and the stories on its amazing developments and applications....

Carbon – The multi-faceted wonder element

Carbon, the wondrous element with amazing properties, forms the foundation for all known life forms on earth. Carbon atoms are the major component of many important substances...

Oxygen – The life-sustaining element

The first element of Group 16 of the periodic table, oxygen is the element on which our very existence on earth depends. Humans and...

Helium – The noblest of gases

What do party balloons, space shuttles, MRI machines, and the Large Hadron Collider have in common? They all need helium. Whether in the gaseous...

Hydrogen – In a class by itself!

Hydrogen. The most abundant and lightest element in the universe. Essential to life on earth as water. An important component of all organic compounds....

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