Not to miss out, element 102, Nobelium, No, is named in honor of ... The zigzag, staircase, line in the diagram of the periodic table above separates the metals, on the left, from non-metals ...

By studying elements like nobelium, scientists can determine how far we can stretch the periodic table. This could have incredibly important implications for materials science and other fields.

pushing the boundaries of the periodic table. Their study, published in Nature, examines the nuclear structures of fermium (element 100) and nobelium (element 102) isotopes with varying neutron ...