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  • Periodic table of the elements – 118 – Oganesson
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    Oganesson

    2018-02-15T12:00:00Z

    Meet Yuri Oganessian, the elemental explorer forever immortalised on the periodic table

  • Periodic table of the elements – 117 – Tennessine
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    Tennessine

    2018-02-14T12:00:00Z

    Three Tennessee institutions contributed to the discovery of element 117, now fittingly named tennessine

  • Periodic table of the elements – 116 – Livermorium
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    Livermorium

    2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Meet the Mayor of Livermore, California, and discover how his city has been immortalised on the periodic table

  • Periodic table of the elements – 115 – Moscovium
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    Moscovium

    2018-02-12T13:00:00Z

    The US-Russian collaborative superheavy element 'factory' strikes again, but only 100 atoms of element 115 have ever been observed

  • Periodic table of the elements – 114 – Flerovium
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    Flerovium

    2018-02-09T13:45:00Z

    How 'hot fusion' research saw an end to cold war tensions

  • Periodic table of the elements – 113 – Nihonium
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    Nihonium

    2018-02-08T20:04:00Z

    The element that realised a Japanese national dream

  • Periodic table of the elements – 89 – Actinium
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    Actinium

    2010-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Meera Senthilingam This week, a glowing element that significantly changed the periodic table. Richard Corfield When I was a little boy my father used to tell a story about a acquaintance of his who kept a lump of rock in his desk. His party ...

  • Periodic table of the elements – 13 – Aluminium
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    Aluminium

    2010-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Kira Weissman introduces the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust: aluminium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 95 – Americium
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    Americium

    2010-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg discusses a substance that was first introduced to the world via a kids' radio show

  • Periodic table of the elements – 51 – Antimony
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    Antimony

    2010-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Phil Ball introduces an element that once sparked a long and bitter war

  • Periodic table of the elements – 18 – Argon
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    Argon

    2010-05-12T00:00:00Z

    John Emsley introduces an element with uses that range from double glazing to laser eye surgery

  • Periodic table of the elements – 33 – Arsenic
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    Arsenic

    2010-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Bea Perks introduces a deadly poison that also finds use in paints, fireworks and medicine

  • Periodic table of the elements – 85 – Astatine
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    Astatine

    2010-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Mark Peplow introduces the element often described as the rarest naturally occurring element in the world

  • Periodic table of the elements – 56 – Barium
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    Barium

    2010-04-21T00:00:00Z

    RoAdina Payton discusses a metallic alkaline earth metal that is never found in nature in its pure form

  • Periodic table of the elements – 97 – Berkelium
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    Berkelium

    2010-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Eric Scerri introduces one of only two elements named after a university

  • Periodic table of the elements – 4 – Beryllium
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    Beryllium

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Richard Van Noorden introduces an element that has given us gorgeous gemstones, spark proof tools for the oil industry and a deadly lung condition

  • Periodic table of the elements – 83 – Bismuth
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    Bismuth

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    The story of a heavy metal that could make spoons vanish in a hot cup of Victorian tea

  • Periodic table of the elements – 107 – Bohrium
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    Bohrium

    2010-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Eric Scerri tells the story of a transuranium element first synthesised by cold fusion in 1981

  • Periodic table of the elements – 5 – Boron
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    Boron

    2010-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Pat Bailey introduces an element known for split personalities, parachute molecules, and swapping partners

  • Periodic table of the elements – 35 – Bromine
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    Bromine

    2010-03-10T00:00:00Z

    An element that has given us drugs, insecticides and fire extinguishers