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 ...

After months of review, the world’s authority on chemical names has approved the official labels for four extremely rare elements at the bottom of the periodic table. This week’s decision from the ...

Symbols are both an aid and an obstacle to thought ... There is always the danger ... faced by the student of chemical science, for without symbols systematic advance is impossible: the symbols are ...