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chemistry

Oganessian

Mr Element 118: The only living person on the periodic table

Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian has had new element 118 named after him, and he says the superheavy stuff could send shock waves through the atomic world

Features

People in white suits receive medical treatment

Humans

Syria chemical attack looks like nerve gas – and was no accident

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Southern Milky Way

Space

Oddball star could be home to long-sought superheavy elements

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Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

Earth

Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

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Kim Jong-nam

Health

Was Kim Jong-nam killed by VX nerve gas? Doesn’t look like it

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Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

Life

Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

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A man looking exhausted

Life

Metabolic switch may bring on chronic fatigue syndrome

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A crystal

Physics

World’s first time crystals cooked up using new recipe

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oxygen bubbles

Earth

Complex life may have had a false start 2.3 billion years ago

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An octofoil

Life

Molecules tied into beautiful 'octofoil' knot for first time

The most complex molecular knot ever tied is just 20 nanometres long, and might be used to make innovative new materials

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Earth

Carbon seen bonding with six other atoms for the first time

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Life

Carbon cascade reveals fresh look to the element of life

Regulars

Space

Giant ball of gas is a totally stinky galactic chemistry lab

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Technology

Nanocrystal night-vision specs will let you see in infrared

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