The periodic table may soon gain a new element, physicists at Lund University in Sweden announced Tuesday. A team of Lund researchers is the second to successfully create atoms of element 115.

Though led by physicists at Lund, the team that made the discovery was international, a statement from the university says. The experiment that led to the super-heavy, element’s discovery was ...

Swedish researchers have conducted an experiment that confirms the existence of a new artificial element with an atomic number of 115 - temporarily named ununpentium. The new research, carried out by ...

Scientists say they've created a handful of atoms of the elusive element 115, which occupies a mysterious corner of the periodic table. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...