Meet nihonium (Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts) and oganesson (Og), the newest elements on the periodic table to receive names. But don’t get too attached to the nomenclature for these ...

Both element names, moscovium and tennessine, honor regions where experiments linked to creating the elements took place. The name oganesson, for element 118, honors Yuri Oganessian "for his ...

If the name is accepted, it will be one of the few elements named after a living person. Seaborgium, element 106 , was named for Glenn T. Seaborg, according to the New York Times.

In this periodic table of elements quiz, you have 10 minutes to name as many elements as you can, given only their symbol, ...

Scientists Name 4 New Elements On The Periodic Table : The Two-Way The new superheavy, radioactive elements were added to the periodic table last year but given temporary and unremarkable names: ...

That leaves element 118, which is named after Yuri Oganessian, a key figure in the research on these ultra-heavy elements. In elemental terms, his name leads to oganesson, or Og.

Meet nihonium (Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts) and oganesson (Og), the newest elements on the periodic table to receive names. But don’t get too attached to the nomenclature for these ...

Both element names, moscovium and tennessine, honor regions where experiments linked to creating the elements took place. The name oganesson, for element 118, honors Yuri Oganessian "for his ...