Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carolyn Krause presents Jim Roberto’s story about how element 117 named tennessine was discovered and what he thinks are the ...

Tennessine is an extremely rare element. Only a few dozen atoms of it have ever been produced. The tale of how the first atoms of Tennessine were... The Convoluted Story Of How The First Atoms Of ...

Phillip Jones, a lifelong Dickson County resident, recently graduated at the top of his class from Lipscomb University with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. That alone is quite an ...

This Black woman scientist played a crucial role on a team that left her out of the celebration of a successful discovery. According to CNN, Clarice Phelps contributed to the discovery that filled in ...

As a kid, Clarice Phelps dreamed of being an astronaut, or maybe an explorer like the characters on Star Trek. Her path to a career in science turned out to be a bit different than what she expected, ...

Carolyn Krause presents the second part of the three-part series on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's role in the discovery of elements in the periodic table. Many of them have been synthesized ...

Carolyn Krause presents Jim Roberto’s story about how element 117 named tennessine was discovered and what he thinks are the prospects of, and obstacles to, creating elements 119 and 120 and even ...