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Still using an old science textbook? It's time to get a new one then, after four new super-heavy elements were added to the periodic table recently. The International Union of Pure and Applied ...

Sorry, chemistry teachers—your periodic table posters are now obsolete. Groups of scientists in the United States, Russia and Japan had more to celebrate last week ...

The periodic table is one of the triumphs of science. Even before certain elements had been discovered, this chart could successfully predict their masses, densities, how they would link up with other ...

Remember your periodic table from high school chemistry? As of Monday, it will look a little different. Four new elements have been added to the tail end of the familiar chart, completing the seventh ...

The iconic chart of elements has served chemistry well for 150 years. But it’s not the only option out there, and scientists are pushing its limits. By Siobhan Roberts When Sir Martyn Poliakoff, a ...

Elements heavier than uranium don’t exist naturally on Earth. Researchers make these massive elements at the end of the periodic table by smashing existing atoms together in particle accelerators.

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