All new elements articles
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ArticleMarguerite Perey and the last element in nature
Kit Chapman tells the story of the chemist who discovered francium, but was almost denied the credit
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Opinion
Jimmy Robinson and the atom bomb elements
USAF pilots flew into mushroom clouds to bring back samples that turned out to contain new elements – one of them didn’t make it home
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Feature
Atom-by-atom experiments at the edge of the periodic table
Only a few atoms of oganesson have ever been made – and they all vanished in less time than it took you to read this
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Review
Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table
Kit Chapman has been on a journey around the world to discover how new elements are made
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Opinion
The criteria for discovering a new element
Why the rules are changing in the search for superheavies
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Opinion
'It blows my mind I get to use these facilities'
Element discoverer Dawn Shaughnessy on big science, future generations and Star Wars
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News
Rules for element discovery get superheavy revamp
Chemistry and physics federations also define what counts as a ‘beyond superheavy element’
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Research
73 new exotic nuclei discovered at Japanese institute
Hunt for remaining 4000 predicted nuclides goes on but new technology is needed to find them all
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Feature
Marie Curie, the migrant chemist
150 years after Marie Curie’s birth, Mike Sutton delves into her life and research
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Research
Hunt for element 119 to begin
Japan and the US team up to start the next row of the periodic table
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News
Iupac confirms names for four new elements
Elements that complete seventh row of periodic table will be named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson
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News
Explainer: How a new element gets its name
Now that the names of the last four elements of the seventh row of the periodic table have been confirmed, we look at the how they got them
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Feature
The element makers: Making superheavy elements
The periodic table has now grown to 118 elements. We met some of the people who make them to find out how they do it, and what they will be doing next
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Feature
The element makers: Where will the periodic table end?
The periodic table has now grown to 118 elements. We met some of the people who make them to find out how they do it, and what they will be doing next
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Feature
The element makers: Experimenting on superheavy elements
The periodic table has now grown to 118 elements. We met some of the people who make them to find out how they do it, and what they will be doing next
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Feature
The element makers
The periodic table has now grown to 118 elements. We met some of the people who make them to find out how they do it, and what they will be doing next
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News
Live blog: New element names
The proposed names of the four new elements have been released. Find out what they are in our live coverage.
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News
Iupac announces proposed new element names
The four new elements confirmed in January are to be named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson
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