A team of scientists set out to probe some of the heaviest elements in the periodic table using an advanced form of laser ...

Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The ...

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory say they have developed the technology that could finally produce the ...

Researchers from the University of Liverpool are part of an international collaboration that has made significant advances in ...

A global research collaboration, including scientists from the University of Liverpool, has provided new insights into superheavy elements by exami ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Scientists have found that our bodies need 28 different elements to function properly. These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly found in the first four periods.

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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.