When the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev published his periodic table of elements in 1869, there were just fifty-nine entries on it. The table grouped those elements—hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon, ...

Chemistry students could soon have to learn an additional atom on the Periodic Table after scientists claim to have proven the existence of a new element. Element 115 could be the latest addition to ...

Ununpentium was discovered in 2003 by a group of scientists working at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), California. The ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have confirmed the existence of a new, synthetic element, seven years after it was discovered by Russian and American scientists. Although it doesn’t have a ...

Some exciting news out of the science world, where a team of Swedish researchers said Tuesday that they’ve successfully recreated a new element first—and fleetingly—produced in a Russian lab a decade ...

For decades, scientists have been smashing atoms into one another, hoping two elements will fuse and form—at least briefly—a new, heavier element. That’s what happened in 2004 when physicists from ...

London: Scientists in Sweden say they have confirmed the existence of a new chemical element, but its name may need some work. Researchers at Lund University said Tuesday their find backs up claims by ...

It’s time to set yet another place at the periodic table: In 2013, an international team of nuclear physicists and chemists found new and confirming evidence that establishes another new chemical ...