Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute for Standards and Technology. The fate of some ...

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A new version of the periodic table of elements has predicted hundreds of highly charged ions that could be used to create the next generation of optical atomic clocks. The periodic table, first ...

Clarice Phelps is a trailblazing scientist who gave new meaning to the phrase “having a seat at the table” when she became the first Black woman to help discover a new element on the periodic table.

I recently found someone on the Internet willing to say that bismuth, element 83, was a “C” tier element of the periodic table. Insane, I know. Bismuth is a beautiful metal often recognized for its ...

The fermium isotopes studied by laser spectroscopy are highlighted. Credit: S. Raeder Fermium studies indicate nuclear shell effects diminish as nuclear mass increases, emphasizing macroscopic ...

Have we reached the end of the line of discoverable elements? Scientists have been slowly extending the periodic table one element at a time, pushing to higher and higher masses, and have discovered ...

To expand the periodic table, it might be time to go titanium. A new study lays the groundwork to expand the periodic table with a search for element 120, to be made by slamming electrically charged ...