Countless periodic table posters are now obsolete. Meet the newest elements: nihonium (Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts) and oganesson (Og). On November 28, the International Union of Pure and ...

Great news, chemistry geeks -- the four new elements added to the periodic table last December have finally received their permanent names. On Wednesday, the International Union of Pure and Applied ...

Teams of researchers from the U.S., Russia, and Japan have finally released the proposed names of the four new elements in the periodic table – the elements 113, 115, 117, and 118. According to the ...

Four elements are about to get official names — which, if you care about chemistry, is tremendously exciting because 1) the bottom period of the periodic table will be complete and 2) names, as any ...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has announced a new way to reliably make element 116, livermorium. The results, made by ...

We all know that naming a new baby is never easy; everyone has their opinion and arguments often arise when deciding on a suitable moniker. In a similar way, the naming of new elements on the periodic ...

Four new chemical elements have official names and symbols, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry recently announced. After a five-month review, IUPAC chemists have approved the names ...