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

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

The ions formed have a full outer electron shell, so are very stable. See the study guide on groups in the periodic table for more information.

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

The chemical properties of two of the heaviest synthetic elements, moscovium and nihonium, have been established for the first time. Moscovium is now the heaviest element whose chemical properties we ...

The type of semiconductive nanocrystals known as quantum dots are both expanding the forefront of pure science and also hard ...

Advancements in nuclear physics suggest the possibility of discovering stable, superheavy elements. Researchers have found an ...

They had made it back in 1974 by firing oxygen ions at element 98, californium ... In such virtuoso experiments we can see the Periodic Table continuing to exert its pattern even among the elements ...

Element 114 sits in an island of stability, a position in the periodic table where a spherical nuclear configuration ... in Dubna took aim with a stream of high energy calcium 48 ions. This rare, but ...

The characteristics of hydrogen storage are very complementary to other shorter-term energy storage technologies such as lithium-ion batteries. There are manageable safety risks of overpressure ...

A new technique for growing quantum dots has not only found a new, more efficient way to build a useful type of quantum dot, but also opened up a whole group of novel chemical materials for future ...