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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: There Are 4 Fewer Seats At The Periodic Table Now [Watch (HLS stream): There Are 4 Fewer Seats At The Periodic Table Now](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XuLkzFc8.m3u8) (1:03)  _Published 2016-01-04. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry recognized elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 on Dec. 30._ --- Jul 27, 2023 7:24 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [The Most Expensive Elements on the Periodic Table](/video/zULiRoyV/) ### The Most Expensive Elements on the Periodic Table [The Chemistry of Grilling](/video/SYIOYHqt/) ### The Chemistry of Grilling [Periodic Puns: Chemistry Jokes for Your April Fool's Day Pleasure](/video/fj8JS9mO/) ### Periodic Puns: Chemistry Jokes for Your April Fool's Day Pleasure --- ## Transcript Sorry, college students, you will in fact need the newest edition of that chemistry textbook. Chemists around the world are ringing in the new year with four new elements added to the periodic table. Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 have officially been recognized completing the table's seventh row. The yet to be permanently named elements were approved and verified by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry on December 30th. The discovery of elements 115, 117, and 118 were attributed to a team of Russian and American researchers while one third team which the same team attempted to claim Was credited to a team of Japanese researchers. The discovery of these elements was no easy task though. They last only thousands of a second. And what they're really doing is they're pushing our understanding. If we take atoms Of one kind and we accelerate them to huge speeds and we smash them into a target. 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