A chart of superheavy elements (SHEs), plotted by atomic number (protons) vs number of neutrons. Boxes are discovered SHEs, with predicted half-lives. The circle is an island of stability. Credit: ...

In a feat of modern-day alchemy, scientists have used a beam of vaporized titanium to create one of the heaviest elements on Earth – and they think this new method could pave the way to even heftier ...

A team of researchers from GSI/FAIR, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz has succeeded in exploring the limits of the so-called island of stability within the ...

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung have discovered a new superheavy isotope, 257 Sg (seaborgium), whose properties are ...

Get ready to revise everything you know about chemistry – A new superheavy element is about to be added to the periodic table, just as soon as its creators can think of a suitable name for it. The new ...

A team of Russian and American researchers has created two new artificial elements, Nos. 113 and 115, at the upper extreme of the periodic table. They have produced only four atoms of each of the new ...

For centuries, the quest for new elements was a driving force in many scientific disciplines. Understanding an atom’s structure and the development of nuclear science allowed scientists to accomplish ...

Superheavy elements, residing at the extreme end of the periodic table, represent an intriguing domain where relativistic effects and quantum electrodynamics profoundly shape chemical behaviour. The ...

Scientists have been searching Earth’s surface for superheavy elements too difficult to make in the lab, but now, many are looking to the skies instead. The world is made of tiny building blocks ...

An international research team lead by GSI/FAIR, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) has succeeded in the production of a new seaborgium isotope. In the ...

For centuries, the quest for new elements was a driving force in many scientific disciplines. Understanding an atom's structure and the development of nuclear science allowed scientists to accomplish ...