For now, they’re known by working names, like ununseptium and ununtrium — two of the four new chemical elements whose discovery has been officially verified. The elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, ...

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After a five-month waiting period during which time the public could ask questions, four new elements have now been formally added to chemistry's most fundamental table. Please welcome Nihonium, ...