A computer graphic shows how the collision of calcium ions and berkelium atoms produces atoms of Element 117. (Credit: University of California Television) The scientific body in charge of chemistry’s ...

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 ...

Remember your periodic table from high school chemistry? As of Monday, it will look a little different. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly sides of science and technology for CNET and other pixel and paper pubs. He's kept his fingers on the keyboard while owning a B&B in Amish ...

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(Nanowerk Spotlight) The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements is one of the most significant achievements in science, capturing the essence not only of chemistry, but also of physics, medicine, earth ...

Kosuke Morita (L), who led the team at Riken institute that discovered the superheavy synthetic element, and Hiroshi Hase (R), Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, pose with ...

Two new elements are joining old chemistry-class favorites on the periodic table. The latest inductees — number 114, flerovium (Fl), and number 116, livermorium (Lv) — were revealed by the ...

Off topic but well worth mentioning. Theodore Gray is one of the founders of Wolfram Research, the company behind Mathematica. In his "spare time" he has a passion for creating unusual and quite ...

Chart appears to date from 1885, and was found under lecture hall during clean-out A crumbling roll of canvas-backed paper discovered underneath a lecture theatre in Scotland may be the world’s oldest ...