We all know that naming a new baby is never easy; everyone has their opinion and arguments often arise when deciding on a suitable moniker. In a similar way, the naming of new elements on the periodic ...

Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS Four new elements, including two with Russian associations, are being included in the Periodic Table of chemical elements, a report stated. These are Nihonium, Moscovium, ...

Earlier this year, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) accepted the evidence that indicated we had produced four new elements, filling out the bottom row of the periodic ...

The periodic table's latest additions finally have names of their own. Chemists officially accepted the four elements to the iconic table at the beginning of the year, but had given them place holder ...

Chemistry’s highest gatekeepers have accepted the newly proposed names for elements 113, 115, 117 and 118. Please welcome to the periodic table: nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson.

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 ...

After a five-month waiting period during which time the public could ask questions, four new elements have now been formally added to chemistry's most fundamental table. Please welcome Nihonium, ...