Nihonium (113), Moscovium (115), Tennessine (117), and Oganesson (118) have now been officially added to the periodic table of elements. Ununtrium, ununpentium, ununseptium, and ununoctium — these ...

From the burning of wood to the action of medicines, the properties and behavior of matter are governed by the way chemical ...

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 ...

Eric Scerri's delightful "The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance" follows the 1969 classic by J. W. Spronsen, "The Periodic System of Chemical Elements," but is a different treatment of ...

The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. It would be hard to overstate its importance ...

“In particular, some observed asteroids surpass this mass density threshold. Especially noteworthy is the asteroid 33 ...

If you ever want to open a chemistry theme restaurant, you should be sure to furnish it with 118 tables — one for each element. Note that it could not be a Greek restaurant, because then the number of ...