The element 112 has been officially recognized as a new element by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). IUPAC confirmed the recognition of element 112 in an official letter ...

The periodic table added its 112 th official element Wednesday, when scientists in Darmstadt, Germany, announced they had received official approval for ununbium from an international body of chemists ...

Professor Sigurd Hofmann led the team that discovered element 112, which is around 227 times heavier than hydrogen - the heaviest element in the periodic table. 'We are delighted that now the sixth ...

It may have taken more than four and a half centuries, but astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus will finally get his day in the scientific sun (No pun intended) – The newest element in the periodic table ...

Researchers are normally hard-pressed to catch a fleeting glimpse of the so-called superheavy elements at the far edge of the periodic table. Now a team has gone a step further and studied the ...

Update: The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has confirmed the name “Copernicium” for element 112 and given it the symbol Cn. The first choice for the chemical symbol, “Cp”, was ...

This release is available in German. The element 112, discovered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (Centre for Heavy Ion Research) in Darmstadt, has been officially recognized as a ...

Scientists around the world are celebrating the latest entry to the periodic table. It is taken more than a decade for element 112, the biggest and heaviest atom yet, to be officially recognised. Now ...

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Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. TONY EASTLEY: Scientists around the world are celebrating the latest entry to the periodic table. It's ...