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What it takes to make a new element

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

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The secrets of the sulfur cycle

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There’s still a lot we don’t know about the biogeochemical cycling of sulfur, and this could impact our ability to correctly model the climate. Rachel Brazil talks to the researchers trying to fill in the gaps.

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Atom-by-atom experiments at the edge of the periodic table

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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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A reporter from Alchemistry World reveals the unpleasant secret behind The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus

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What is an element?

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Our understanding of what an element is has evolved over the years, but it’s still a tricky concept to nail down. Philip Ball investigates

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