The last of the elements to be identified was isolated last week. Ever since bearded Russian Professor Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeléeff classified the probable chemical elements in 1869 and arranged them ...

After over a decade, four elements on the periodic table have officially acquired new names. Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 will now be called Nihonium, Moscovium, Tennessine and Oganesson. Each of ...

The overwhelming majority of the universe’s matter that we can see consists of hydrogen and helium. To create heavier elements, stars must do the heavy lifting of assembling their atomic nuclei.

A new study suggests rare earth elements form in magma above ancient subduction zones, as that magma reacts with substances ...

Creating new heavy elements is a faint bit like working a pinball machine; it takes a nice judgment of speed. Last week a group of University of California scientists led by Professor Glenn Seaborg ...