In an unprecedentedly precise accelerator experiment, researchers directly observed how some of the heaviest known elements ...

Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The ...

The periodic table is one of the triumphs of science. Even before certain elements had been discovered, this chart could ...

Shell-Structure and Pairing Interaction in Superheavy Nuclei: Rotational Properties of the Z=104 Nucleus ^ {256}Rf. Physical Review Letters, 2012; 109 (1) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.012501 ...

Chemists searching for the island of stability now have a better map. Thanks to the discovery of six new variations of the superheavy elements on the bottom rung of the periodic table, scientists ...

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It now appears that a stable superheavy element will need to have an atomic number in the 120s — meaning that it must contain at least 120 protons. Creating such a huge atom is beyond the scope ...

Physicists have reported synthesizing element number 117, the latest in the quest to create artificial “superheavy” elements in the laboratory. A paper describing the discovery has been ...