The same team that produced element 112 is also responsible for adding elements 107-111 to the periodic table. Sigurd Hofmann, who led the team at the Centre for Heavy Ion Research, has been ...

Element 99 — mysterious and exceptionally radioactive — sits inconspicuously in the bottom row of the periodic table. Named for legendary physicist Albert Einstein, einsteinium has been one of ...

Naturally occurring superheavy elements beyond those listed in the periodic table could potentially explain why asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is so dense, new research suggests.