Chemistry World

Superheavy elements

All hail the element makers
3 January 2017By Neil Withers
New elements are not just expensive curiosities
Iupac confirms names for four new elements
30 November 2016By Matthew Gunther
Elements that complete seventh row of periodic table will be named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson
What it takes to make a new element
30 November 2016By Kit Chapman
Yuri Oganessian tells us how nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson were made

30 November 2016By Kit Chapman

Yuri Oganessian tells us how nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson were made

Oganesson
15 February 2018By Andrea Sella, Kit Chapman
Meet Yuri Oganessian, the elemental explorer forever immortalised on the periodic table
Tennessine
14 February 2018By Kit Chapman
Three Tennessee institutions contributed to the discovery of element 117, now fittingly named tennessine
Livermorium
13 February 2018By Andrea Sella, Kit Chapman
Meet the Mayor of Livermore, California, and discover how his city has been immortalised on the periodic table
Moscovium
12 February 2018By Kit Chapman
The US-Russian collaborative superheavy element 'factory' strikes again, but only 100 atoms of element 115 have ever been observed
Flerovium
9 February 2018By Brian Clegg, Kit Chapman
How 'hot fusion' research saw an end to cold war tensions
Nihonium
8 February 2018By Kit Chapman
The element that realised a Japanese national dream
2019 to be the international year of the periodic table
9 January 2018By Emma Stoye
Celebrations throughout next year will aim to boost public awareness of chemistry
Hunt for element 119 to begin
12 September 2017By Kit Chapman
Japan and the US team up to start the next row of the periodic table
A 3D periodic table?
24 August 2017By Philip Ball
Molecular frameworks could offer whole new perspectives on our chemical world