This is the periodic table. But it may not look quite like this for much longer. As a pre-print from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory shows, researchers have just unlocked a prerequisite in ...

Researchers have reported new experimental results addressing the origin of rare proton-rich isotopes heavier than iron, ...

The newest, heaviest element has been confirmed under laboratory conditions, and its synthesis could help produce even heavier cousins with all-new useful properties. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Scientists think an asteroid could contain previously unknown elements. Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia appears to be denser than the densest element in the Periodic Table. The densest naturally occurring ...

The very first element on the Periodic Table may be the key to solving mysteries hiding inside the atom’s nucleus. Nuclear ...

Protons and neutrons, which are collectively known as nucleons, are the building blocks of atomic nuclei and account for more than 99% of the visible matter in the Universe. They are not themselves ...

Japanese scientists have made a new (nu?) periodic table organized by the number of protons in the nucleus instead of the element’s number of electrons. They call it the Nucletouch table, and where ...

A collaborative ultrafast spectroscopy and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations study shows that proton vacancies in the form of hydroxide/methoxide ions are as relevant for proton transfer ...