Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are using the 88-Inch Cyclotron to help steady the famous periodic table of elements one atom at a time where it's gone a ...

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 ...

This lesson utilizes an adaptation of the board game Periodic: A Game of the Elements to help students better understand both general periodic trends and the law of conservation of energy. This ...

Two women hold tweezers and meticulously place small balls into small dents in a wooden board. American Chemical Society members volunteer time to place small balls into small dents to help finish a ...

In a significant breakthrough for the scientific community, a new element has been confirmed on the periodic table. This discovery holds potential implications for a wide range of scientific fields, ...

Dawn Shaughnessy is the division leader of the Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. She was a student and colleague of Hoffman for 32 years.