A handful of asteroids in our solar system are so dense that no element on Earth can explain their properties. Instead, they may be made of naturally occurring "superheavy elements" beyond those ...

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: ...

While you were off celebrating the holidays, the periodic table got a little more complete. Four newly discovered elements managed to squeak their way in just before the end of 2015, filling up the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...