New elements found in the reactions of nuclear tests during World War II sparked the hunt for additions to the periodic table.

The periodic table is a letdown in another sense, too: Given all its columns and rows, it looks like it should contain dozens of different types of elements, but there are really only a few. Most ...

High school chemistry students will now have to learn about four additional elements on the Periodic Table of Elements. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has announced ...

Elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117, and 118, have been added to the periodic table, according to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are using the 88-Inch Cyclotron to help steady ...

Teacher and technology specialist Chris Wilson reviews the classroom usefulness of Wonderful Life with the Elements, by Bunpei Yorifuji (No Starch Press, 2012).

Click to legibilize. A periodic table showing where the discoveries of the different elements were carried out. Photo: Jamie Gallagher In this wonderful riff on the periodic table, science ...

After a 5-month review, the names of four new elements have been approved, so Nihonium, Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson can now officially join the periodic table. The discovery of these ...

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 ...

In this periodic table of elements quiz, you have 10 minutes to name as many elements as you can, given only their symbol, atomic weight and the broad group they live in.

Researchers may have found a way to create a new superheavy element, known as "element 120," which would be so hefty that it would need to be put in a new row on the periodic table of elements. If ...