The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) approved the name and symbols for four elements, one of them named after Professor Yuri Oganessian for his pioneering contributions to ...
The first 117 elements on the periodic table were relatively normal. Then along came element 118. Oganesson, named for Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian (SN: 1/21/17, p. 16), is the heaviest element ...
Oh great, just when you thought you had the periodic table of the elements memorized. An international body on Wednesday announced the names for four elements, including "tennessine," a nod to ...