The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Joint Working Party has announced the official names and symbols of the chemical elements formerly known as 113, 115, 117 and 118. The proposed ...

The chemical symbol for oxygen is O. Makes sense. Calcium gets repped by a Ca. Sounds good. Hydrogen? H. Cobalt? Co. Lithium? Li. With you so far. Lead? Pb. There are actually a few things that help ...

Earlier this year, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) accepted the evidence that indicated we had produced four new elements, filling out the bottom row of the periodic ...

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The periodic table's latest additions finally have names of their own. Chemists officially accepted the four elements to the iconic table at the beginning of the year, but had given them place holder ...

NEW YORK (AP) — You'll soon see four new names on the periodic table of the elements, including three that honor Moscow, Japan and Tennessee. The names are among four recommended Wednesday by an ...