In a significant breakthrough for the scientific community, a new element has been confirmed on the periodic table. This ...

What do magnets, smartphones and medical imaging devices have in common? They all depend on rare earth elements called ...

Scientists discovered a method to create element 116 using a titanium beam, paving the way for future synthesis of element ...

Rare earth elements aren’t rare, but they can be rather annoying. These bad boys are found together in Earth minerals, ...

Researchers have gained new insights into the chemical properties of the superheavy element flerovium -- element 114 -- at the accelerator facilities of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für ...

Recognize these rows and columns? You may remember a detail or two about this mighty table’s organization from a long-ago chemistry class. Elements are ordered according to their number of protons, or ...

It is an icon of natural science and hangs in most chemistry classrooms: the periodic table of elements, which is celebrating its 150th birthday this year. The tabular overview is closely linked to ...

In order to find the chemical properties of super-heavy elements, chemists must conduct one of the world's most demanding chemical experiments in a matter of seconds. In order to find the chemical ...

In this interview Dr. Thomas Albrecht-Schönzart talks to AZoM about his research into some of the heaviest elements in chemistry. Please can you tell us about your research and studies into the ...

Elements 110, 111, and 112 on the Periodic Table of Elements were discovered some time ago, but their names in the Periodic Table of Elements have been the difficult to pronounce names Ununnilium, ...

Melissa Block and Robert Siegel read entries from a Web site that offers short poems about each of the chemical elements. The site, iSciFiStory.com, asked people to write haiku about their favorites.