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Meet nihonium (Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts) and oganesson (Og), the newest elements on the periodic table to receive names. But don’t get too attached to the nomenclature for these elements, ...

Call it Astoundium -- at least for now. Swedish scientists report fresh evidence confirming the existence of a new element for the periodic table, the “telephone book” of matter that makes up the ...

So the periodic table has expanded again with the addition late last year of four new superheavy elements, bringing the known total up to 118. But the hunt for new elements started with efforts to ...

A computer graphic shows how the collision of calcium ions and berkelium atoms produces atoms of Element 117. (Credit: University of California Television) The scientific body in charge of chemistry’s ...

The seventh row of the periodic table is officially full. On December 30, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced that a Russian-U.S. collaboration had attained sufficient ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. This year is the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical ...

The first 117 elements on the periodic table were relatively normal. Then along came element 118. Oganesson, named for Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian (SN: 1/21/17, p. 16), is the heaviest element ...

Click to legibilize. A periodic table showing where the discoveries of the different elements were carried out. Photo: Jamie Gallagher In this wonderful riff on the periodic table, science ...

This lesson utilizes an adaptation of the board game Periodic: A Game of the Elements to help students better understand both general periodic trends and the law of conservation of energy. This ...