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  • Scientists have found evidence that ancient stars were able to produce mysterious superheavy elements
    Physics
    Ancient stars may have forged superheavy elements unknown to science
    Scientists have uncovered hints of a world of new elements beyond the periodic table. A new study has found that ancient stars may have been producing extremely heavy elements that remain unknown to science.
  • The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has named four new elements recently added to the periodic table
    Science
    Four radioactive "babies" get their names
    Four new elements recently added to the periodic table have finally been given names suitable to their discovery and scientific field of relevance. Now the final decision as to whether these names become permanent has been opened to pubic comment.
  • The newly confirmed elements complete the 7th row of the Periodic Table
    Physics
    Four new elements confirmed
    Time to re-write the textbooks. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has confirmed the existence of four new elements with the atomic numbers 113, 115, 117, and 118.