Click to enlarge image. When Dmitri Mendeleev drew up the periodic table, he grouped elements of similar properties. Based on the number of electrons, a scientist can determine which group to place an ...

Research on moscovium and nihonium shows they are more reactive than flerovium and subject to notable relativistic effects, ...

Fermium studies indicate nuclear shell effects diminish as nuclear mass increases, emphasizing macroscopic influences in ...

Currently, there are 118 known elements on the periodic table, from hydrogen all the way to oganesson, which was officially ...

A team of scientists set out to probe some of the heaviest elements in the periodic table using an advanced form of laser ...

With Oxygen so you can breathe And Fluorine for your pretty teeth Neon to light up the signs Sodium for salty times Magnesium, Aluminium, Silicon Phosphorus, then Sulfur, Chlorine and Argon Potassium, ...

But how many of these elements do you know? Test your knowledge and compete with other Live Science readers to see who can come top in our periodic table quiz. The periodic table of elements is a ...

Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The ...

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Scientists have found that our bodies need 28 different elements to function properly. These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly found in the first four periods.

4) they are shown as a natural transition from the elements of Group VIII to those of Group I. rare earths in relation to the periodic table. The group of elements known as the “rare earths ...

Their goal is to investigate the limits of the periodic table of chemical elements. How far can the periodic table go and will we ever synthesize the last element? In a new study, published in the ...