The Periodic Table is a fascinating patchwork of our elemental framework… and we are often adding to it with short-lived elements of unpronounceable names… but what's the story with technetium? How ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. When it comes to the elements in the periodic table found throughout ...

Which is your favourite chemical element? To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table, our science journalists will be arguing for their pick from the 118 known elements. In this instalment, ...

The story of the last element to be discovered out of the first 92 catalogued in the periodic table is told by Eric Scerri, who reminds us that technetium can be found a little closer to home than ...

Word origin: The word technetium comes from the Greek technetos, artificial. Discovery: Technetium was the first element to be produced artificially. Element 43 was predicted on the basis of a gap in ...

When the periodic table was being put together in the late 1800s, a hole remained in the center of the middle row of transition metals where element 43 should be. This space stayed vacant until 1937, ...

Technetium carbide does not exist -- it was pure technetium that was mistakenly considered as such, say physicists. This is important from the view point of chemistry of transition metal carbides ...

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Technetium is essential for medical imaging, yet supplies of this short-lived radioactive synthetic element are far from guaranteed. Show more Technetium is essential for medical imaging, yet supplies ...

The project is an opportunity for notable filmmakers, such as British Academy of Film & Television Arts award winner Issacs, to explore the human side of the periodic table. “We don’t pitch it as a ...