Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carolyn Krause presents Jim Roberto’s story about how element 117 named tennessine was discovered and what he thinks are the ...

The periodic table of elements stands as one of the most significant achievements in the history of science, offering a ...

Though led by physicists at Lund, the team that made the discovery was international, a statement from the university says. The experiment that led to the super-heavy, element’s discovery was ...

Carolyn Krause presents the second part of the three-part series on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's role in the discovery of elements in the periodic table. Many of them have been synthesized ...

superheavy element discoveryIt’s elemental — scientists agree that the periodic table is incomplete. And when it comes to unveiling parts of the periodic table yet undiscovered, the Department of ...

Different elements exist on Earth, each with distinct physical and chemical properties based on their atomic structure. To systematically categorize elements with similar characteristics, scientists ...

Carolyn Krause presents Jim Roberto’s story about how element 117 named tennessine was discovered and what he thinks are the prospects of, and obstacles to, creating elements 119 and 120 and even ...