I N THEir QUEST to build a better battery, researchers have blazed a trail through the elements of the periodic table. The ...

On Constitution Day, Sept. 17, it’s worth thinking about the political framework used by the framers of our constitutional ...

The Periodic Table is brilliant for providing information about each element systematically. The atomic number tells us how many protons (the positively charged component of the nucleus) and how many ...

Every living organism uses tiny quantities of metals to carry out biological functions, including breathing, transcribing DNA ...

What if you took your school assignment to the next level and decided to collect physical samples of as many elements as possible?How far into the periodic table could you get? Would you be breaking ...

The heavy metal uranium is, besides its radioactive reputation, known for its intricate chemistry and diverse bonding behaviors. Scientists utilized synchrotron light to explore the unique properties ...

By forging a new method of creating superheavy elements, chemists may be on track to create element 120 starting in late 2025. On July 23 at the Nuclear Structure 2024 meeting, researchers presented ...

The heavy metal uranium is, besides its radioactive reputation, known for its intricate chemistry and diverse bonding ...

New Scientist Live is one of my favourite weekends each year, and so it is with great excitement that I can say it is now just over a month away. On 12 and 13 October, thousands of people will ...

Proving a hypothesis can be exciting, but witnessing something that has never been seen before elevates that discovery into ...

Scientists have found that our bodies need 28 different elements to function properly. These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly found in the first four periods.

New technique may allow creation of element 120 in the periodic table Titanium ions could be used to forge this new element Recent tests suggest a challenging but ...