Heavy ligands such as polyoxometalates are opening a new frontier in actinide chemistry. Studying materials that are both ...

Researchers may have found a way to create a new superheavy element, known as "element 120," which would be so hefty that it ...

The periodic table captures a subtle pattern that runs ... We'll also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

More than 75 years after its initial discovery, scientists have created an organometallic molecule containing the transuranium element berkelium. According to a new study, the electronic signature of ...

Is the periodic table hanging in your lab, classroom ... In the mid-1930s, chemists and physicists, became intrigued with the possibility of synthesizing new elements not found in nature. Their dream ...

In 1879, he became Chair of Chemistry at the new Firth College in Sheffield where he oversaw ... Up until this point the atomic number simply referred to an element’s positioning in the periodic table ...

That’s why this periodic table clock really caught our eye. [gocivici]’s idea is a simple one: light up three different elements with three different colors for hours, minutes, and seconds ...

Over time these gaps have gradually been filled in as scientists unearthed new elements ... line in the diagram of the periodic table above separates the metals, on the left, from non-metals ...