When it comes to science, chemistry is elemental. That pun is based on the fact that the main building blocks in the branch of science are chemical elements, pure substances made from a single type of ...

Credit: Shutterstock with added elements. Over 99% of a human cell is made up of just five elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus. That same elemental mix exists, with minor ...

We're all familiar with the elements of the periodic table, but have you ever wondered what hydrogen or zinc, for example, might sound like? W. Walker Smith, now a graduate student at Indiana ...