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Currently, there are 118 elements on the periodic table—you'd think we'd be done adding them by now, but turns out we may ...

Four new elements have been added to the standard periodic table and their creators from Japan, Russia and the United States will now come up with permanent names and symbols for them. The ...

It has been a key part school chemistry lessons for more than a century, but now the periodic table may need to be redrawn after scientists found a rare element may be very different from originally ...

You probably studied the "regular" periodic table in school—but did you know there are more versions of the periodic table than just the one you know? The periodic table of elements has gone through ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Two of the heaviest elements on the periodic table were officially named on Thursday (May 31).

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California are exploring new techniques for creating superheavy elements, focusing on the potential synthesis of “element 120,” also called ...