In case you forgot your high school chemistry, here's a quick refresher: An element's atomic number is the number of protons it contains in its nucleus. The heaviest element in nature is uranium ...

Field has a small but growing element collection inspired by his community college chemistry professor, who would bring in element samples to show to the class. “I found out that I could just go ...

its atoms could represent an "island of stability" that could revolutionize heavy-element chemistry. However, researchers know that, theoretically, there should be even heftier elements in the ...

But scientists have a very limited understanding of the element's chemistry, precluding more widespread uses. Studying the radioactive element has posed a decades-long challenge, partly due to the ...

While teaching a section on waves in her Chemistry I course last semester, Asst. Teaching Prof. Suzanne Young took a moment to tell her students about someone not mentioned in their textbook: the late ...