Thanks to sophisticated software systems that even small businesses can use, more companies are moving toward the perpetual inventory system, which keeps real-time track of product levels. The ...

Chemists still use the table that groups elements according to their properties most days in their work. The periodic system for elements will turn 150 this year. In 1869, the Russian chemist Dmitri ...

Inventory management systems are central to how companies track and control inventories. Having the ability to measure inventory in a timely and accurate manner is critical for having uninterrupted ...

In a recently published article in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" (PNAS), the scientists look back to the beginnings of the periodic system, whose structure is characterized by ...

Eric Scerri's delightful "The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance" follows the 1969 classic by J. W. Spronsen, "The Periodic System of Chemical Elements," but is a different treatment of ...

The periodic table of chemical elements hangs in front of chemistry classrooms worldwide and is an icon for science. Yet much was unknown about its history -- until now. The periodic table reflects ...

This illustration shows a typewriter with the keys depicted as the periodic table. Hands are typing on it, and the sheet of paper coming out of it shows the words "Tales from the table." Credit: Chris ...