Discovery and Naming of Four New Elements in the Periodic Table

At the 25 July 2016 meeting of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) National Committee held in New Delhi, it was reported that the IUPAP has made an important and interesting announcement concerning four new elements in the Periodic Table (at numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118). The experimental discovery of these four new elements was confirmed by a Joint Working Party of IUPAP and IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) in January 2016. These new elements have now been named as follows.