What if you took your school assignment to the next level and decided to collect physical samples of as many elements as possible? How far into the periodic table could you get? Would you be breaking ...

The periodic table is one of the triumphs of science. Even before certain elements had been discovered, this chart could successfully predict their masses, densities, how they would link up with other ...

Researchers have directly observed the heaviest atom yet participating in a chemical reaction and forming a molecule. The finding pushes “superheavy” chemistry, which involves extremely massive ...