How far into the periodic table could you get? Would you be breaking any laws? At what point would your periodic table start killing you? If you’re willing to spend $1,700, you could actually buy a ...

Nuclear chemists and nuclear physicists at the University of Cologne provide experimental proof of a long-suspected atomic decay pathway. The article published in ‘Physical Review’ shows that ...

We explore if it's really possible that new elements exist beyond the periodic table. Adamantium, bolognium, dilithium. Element Zero, Kryptonite. Mythril, Netherite, Orichalcum, Unobtanium. We love ...

When the periodic table was being put together in the late 1800s, a hole remained in the center of the middle row of transition metals where element 43 should be. This space stayed vacant until 1937, ...

What makes the idea remarkable? It was a way of organising elements in the absence of any theory (Image: Theodore Gray/Visuals Unlimited/Corbis In A Tale of Seven Elements, Eric Scerri reveals ...