The periodic table added its 112 th official element Wednesday, when scientists in Darmstadt, Germany, announced they had received official approval for ununbium from an international body of chemists ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117, and 118 have been added ...

A new version of the periodic table showcases the predicted properties of 2-D metals, an obscure class of synthetic materials. Arrayed in 1-atom-thick sheets, most of these 2-D metals have yet to be ...

The news broke that a railroad car, loaded with pure sodium, had just derailed and was spilling its contents. A television reporter called me for an explanation of why firefighters were not allowed to ...

I highly recommend Wonderful Life with the Elements as a companion to the science classroom. Our world, everything we know, can be distilled into 188 elements. The very thought is fascinating in its ...

The periodic table stares down from the walls of just about every chemistry lab. The credit for its creation generally goes to Dimitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist who in 1869 wrote out the known ...

A team of Russian and American scientists announced today the creation of several atoms of the previously unknown element 117. The discovery of “ununseptium” will eventually fill a longtime gap on the ...