Those patterns signaled that some elements listed near the middle of the periodic table -- such as silver and rhodium -- were likely the remnants of heavy element fission. The team was able to ...

Element 115 might earn an official spot on the periodic table By Karen Kaplan Aug. 27, 2013 2:09 PM PT <i>This post has been corrected, as indicated below.</i> ...

The periodic table is a chart that shows all the elements. It's like a big treasure map that helps scientists understand the building blocks of everything around us.

A physicist lays claim to being instrumental in the discovery of four new super-heavy chemical elements—atomic numbers 113, 115, 117, and 118—recently added to the periodic table.

Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The ...

The periodic table may soon gain a new element, physicists at Lund University in Sweden announced Tuesday. A team of Lund researchers is the second to successfully create atoms of element 115.

No word on what 115, 117 and 118 might be called. With last week’s announcement, a total of 26 elements have been added to the periodic table since 1940. But Shaughnessy said her team isn’t done.