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Scientists Have Discovered the Pathway to Element 120—the Holy Grail of Chemistry

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: We’ve reached the limit of a very successful way to make new elements in the lab. In new research, scientists unveil a new take on that technology ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Four super-heavy elements to be added to the periodic table

The periodic table is about to get a little bit longer, thanks to the addition of four super-heavy elements. The discoveries of elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 were confirmed last week by the ...
New Atlas

Cyclotron saves periodic table when physics goes bonkers

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are using the 88-Inch Cyclotron to help steady the famous periodic table of elements one atom at a time where it's gone a ...
Nature

Laser Ionization Spectroscopy of Heavy Elements

This field encompasses advanced techniques that utilise laser light to selectively ionise heavy atoms, including actinides and super-heavy elements, thereby facilitating the investigation of their ...
AOL

Scientists Have Discovered the Pathway to Element 120—the Holy Grail of Chemistry

We’ve reached the limit of a very successful way to make new elements in the lab. In new research, scientists unveil a new take on that technology and report its success. The heaviest elements could ...