I’m covering for the great leader of the Great Beyond Daniel, while he attends the Euroscience Open Forum, ESOF in Barcelona. Check out updates from Daniel over at In the field. https://blogs.nature.com/news/blog/ .

In my capacity as fellow periodic-table-admirer, I think Daniel will approve of this latest venture from Nottingham University, already blogged over at the Skeptical Chymist .

It is the periodic table of videos!

It’s still a work in progress, but at the moment involves short videos describing each element, featuring Nottingham chemists; postdocs, lecturers, and starring professor Martyn Poliakoff, brother of filmmaker Stephen, who obviously has an astounding knowledge of his field.

I recommend looking at a few elements – I love the hydrogen one. And the brilliant way of remember the chemical symbol for mercury is worth a look. (You can also track Martyn Poliakoff’s haircut status by swapping between these two elements. Also well worth seeing is the inside of Poliakoff’s office. Now that’s what a chemistry professor’s office should look like.)