News Physics Here’s how the periodic table gets new elements From discovery to confirmation and naming, the path is rarely simple For would-be elements, the road to the periodic table is long, hard, at times pedantic and quite dramatic. Dani Nunes By Helen Thompson April 14, 2020 at 9:00 am - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Print (Opens in new window) Print It’s not every day an element gets added to the periodic table. The last time it happened was 2016, when four new elements became official.
