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Still using an old science textbook? It's time to get a new one then, after four new super-heavy elements were added to the periodic table recently. The International Union of Pure and Applied ...

Remember your periodic table from high school chemistry? As of Monday, it will look a little different. Four new elements have been added to the tail end of the familiar chart, completing the seventh ...

A periodic table chart discovered at the University of St Andrews has been officially recognised as the oldest in the world. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...

A computer graphic shows how the collision of calcium ions and berkelium atoms produces atoms of Element 117. (Credit: University of California Television) The scientific body in charge of chemistry’s ...

At the St. Andrews University in Scotland, England, the oldest " periodic table" in the world was discovered. A periodic table (element periodic table) in which elements with similar chemical ...

ACADEMICS claim to have found the world's oldest periodic table - after discovering the 134-year-old chart in a stash of old teaching equipment. The chart of elements, dating from 1885, was discovered ...

The iconic chart of elements has served chemistry well for 150 years. But it’s not the only option out there, and scientists are pushing its limits. By Siobhan Roberts When Sir Martyn Poliakoff, a ...

Cations are ions that are positively charged. Anions are ions that are negatively charged. Ions are charged atoms or molecules. If a balanced atom loses one or more electrons, it will become a ...

A periodic table found during a laboratory clear-out at the University of St Andrews is believed to be the oldest in the world. Experts have dated the teaching chart as being printed between 1879 and ...