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

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.

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 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.

Silver is close to tin in the periodic table and it is probable, therefore, that the effects observed by Dr. Ollano are due to the neutrons in the radiation from Po + Be, and that the phenomenon ...