The element 112 has been officially recognized as a new element by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). IUPAC confirmed the recognition of element 112 in an official letter ...

In this interview Dr. Thomas Albrecht-Schönzart talks to AZoM about his research into some of the heaviest elements in chemistry. Please can you tell us about your research and studies into the ...

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A chemical bond between a superheavy element and a carbon atom has been established for the first time. This research opens new vistas for studying the effects of Einstein's relativity on the ...

The periodic table contains more than a hundred chemical elements, the basic building blocks of the everything around us — living and non-living. The atomic number of an element is determined by how ...

As a consequence of this effect, the radiation produced by the big bang would be expected to appear today as microwaves of only the type that were observed. To start with, you're want to assemble a ...

This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of one of the most significant breakthroughs in science, the creation of a tool that allows us to make sense of the basic ingredients of our universe, and ...

The periodic table of elements--surely nothing is as stuffy an uninteresting, right? Goodness, no. You don't even have to be a chemistry buff to enjoy the new Elements in Action app from Touch Press.

The periodic table is one of the triumphs of science. Even before certain elements had been discovered, this chart could successfully predict their masses, densities, how they would link up with other ...

If you wanted to create the world’s next undiscovered element, number 119 in the periodic table, here’s a possible recipe. Take a few milligrams of berkelium, a rare radioactive metal that can be made ...