When the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev published his periodic table of elements in 1869, there were just fifty-nine entries on it. The table grouped those elements—hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon, ...

Ununpentium was discovered in 2003 by a group of scientists working at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), California. The ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have confirmed the existence of a new, synthetic element, seven years after it was discovered by Russian and American scientists. Although it doesn’t have a ...

Chemistry students could soon have to learn an additional atom on the Periodic Table after scientists claim to have proven the existence of a new element. Element 115 could be the latest addition to ...

For decades, scientists have been smashing atoms into one another, hoping two elements will fuse and form—at least briefly—a new, heavier element. That’s what happened in 2004 when physicists from ...

Some exciting news out of the science world, where a team of Swedish researchers said Tuesday that they’ve successfully recreated a new element first—and fleetingly—produced in a Russian lab a decade ...

Element 115, scientists are on to you. Physicists at Lund University in Sweden announced Tuesday that they have new evidence that you exist. Here’s what they said they know: - You are “super-heavy.” ...

Swedish scientists have confirmed the existence of a new super-heavy element, temporarily dubbed ununpentium for its position at the 115th spot on the periodic table. First proposed by Russian ...