Researchers may be nearing the creation of element 120. Element 120 would add a new row to the periodic table. New ion-bombardment technique may be the key to synthesising unbinilium.

Where does the periodic table of chemical elements end and which processes lead to the existence of heavy elements? Researchers report on experiments to come closer to an answer. They gained insight ...

Where does the periodic table of chemical elements end and which processes lead to the existence of heavy elements? An international research team ...

University of Liverpool researchers are part of an international research collaboration that has shed light on what happens ...

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory say they have developed the technology that could finally produce the fabled element 120, which would require the addition of a new row to the ...

Researchers have long been hunting for a way to make the elusive elements more stable so they can be better studied.

Astrophysicists have, for the first time, measured the temperature of elementary particles in the radioactive afterglow of a neutron star collision, which led to the formation of a black hole. This br ...

In recent decades, researchers have pushed the boundaries of the periodic table, synthesizing the heaviest elements known to ...

Scientists have found a way to create superheavy elements, leading to groundbreaking possibilities in chemistry.

Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The team believes this method could potentially help synthesize the hypothetical ...

An international team led by scientists of GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz, succeeded in determining the chemical properties of the ...