Four new elements have been added to the standard periodic table and their creators from Japan, Russia and the United States will now come up with permanent names and symbols for them.

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. It's no mean feat, the ...

The elements, discovered by researchers from Japan, Russia, and the United States, are known by their atomic numbers of 113, 115, 117, and 118. They will be given permanent names soon, according ...

The periodic table of the elements isn't as confusing as it looks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists had a ...

One of the biggest changes in decades is set to be made to the periodic table, with the atomic weight of 10 elements altered to better reflect how they occur in nature. For more than a century ...

The periodic table stares down from the walls of just about every chemistry lab. The credit for its creation generally goes to Dimitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist who in 1869 wrote out the known ...

All of which go to show how the periodic table of elements has become the iconic symbol of science. Mark Lorch is Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry at the University of Hull, U.K.

The periodic table is a fundamental part of understanding chemistry. Elements define our universe: they are the components and foundation of the substances that we interact with every day.

All of which go to show how the periodic table of elements has become the iconic symbol of science. Mark Lorch is a Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry at the University of Hull.

All of which go to show how the periodic table of elements has become the iconic symbol of science. Mark Lorch is professor of Science Communication and Chemistry at the University of Hull.