Land ahoy! — Experiments at GSI/FAIR reveal the shoreline of the island of stability of superheavy elements
A team of researchers from GSI/FAIR, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz has succeeded in ...
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Scientists just got 1 step closer to creating a 'superheavy' element that is so big, it will add a new row to the periodic table
Researchers may have found a way to create a new superheavy element, known as "element 120," which would be so hefty that it ...
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Welcome copernicium?
In the search for superheavy elements, element 112 was a stepping stone towards the 'islands of stability'. Sigurd Hofmann now relates the steps that led to its 'creation' and detection.
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Beyond the Periodic Table
Yet there is also a class of elements so unstable they can only be made in a lab. These superheavy elements are the purview of a small group stretching the boundaries of chemistry. Can they extend the ...