Researchers may have found a way to create a new superheavy element, known as "element 120," which would be so hefty that it ...

In an experiment conducted at the Berkeley National Laboratory (United States) with the participation of a team from the IPHC, scientists have for the first time produced livermorium-290 (Z=116), ...

Researchers discovered rutherfordium-252, the shortest-lived superheavy nucleus, refining the "island of stability" map and ...

This reaction resulted in the formation of Nihonium, accompanied by the emission of one neutron. 2 Flerovium (Fl) is a superheavy element (SHE) with atomic number 114. Experimental studies have shown ...

After a breakdown in US-Russia relations, Riken finds itself ahead of its rivals. And Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory chases element 120 ...

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 ...

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.

However, as the positively charged protons repel each other, nuclei with too many protons are at risk of splitting—a challenge in the production of new superheavy elements. Certain combinations ...

However, as the positively charged protons repel each other, nuclei with too many protons are at risk of splitting -- a challenge in the production of new, superheavy elements. Certain ...