We’ve reached the limit of a very successful way to make new elements in the lab. In new research, scientists unveil a new take on that technology and report its success. The heaviest elements could ...

A: The lightest elements in the universe — hydrogen, helium, and a little lithium — were born shortly after the Big Bang. The heavier elements, up to iron, were forged later, in the hearts of stars ...

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Scientists in Japan think they've finally created the elusive element 113, one of the missing items on the periodic table of elements. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are credited in the discovery of 16 of the 118 known elements. Now they’ve completed the crucial first ...

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

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Many of us remember a time when the periodic table appeared with some curious blank spots. Your age determines what those blank spots were, but ...