Four new elements now have names. In December, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry officially recognized the discovery of elements 113, 115, 117 and 118, filling out the seventh ...

Four new elements can now be known by more than just their atomic numbers. Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 are now nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson.

I know very little about science, but I have heard of the Periodic Table of elements. Recently, I saw a comic in which one person was showing another person an unexpected item on the periodic table.

Oh, hello, oganesson. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, the century-old organization charged with maintaining the periodic table, finally announced it had approved the names ...

Now that the seventh row (called a period) of the periodic table has been completed with element 118, according to the IUPAC, chemists will continue to search for heavier elements beyond that ...

A new study lays the groundwork to expand the periodic table with a search for element 120, to be made by slamming electrically charged titanium atoms, or ions, into a californium target.

The Periodic Table is a thing of beauty, but it can also feel pretty mysterious, especially if the last time you studied it was back in grade school. Now is a great time to get reacquainted.

It’s now time to say hello, officially, to the four new additions to the Periodic Table of Elements. This week, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) approved the names ...

Four synthetic elements on the periodic table received their new names and atomic symbols, ... Element 113, previously known by its placeholder name of ununtrium, is now nihonium (Nh).