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 ...

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

In a feat of modern-day alchemy, scientists have used a beam of vaporized titanium to create one of the heaviest elements on ...

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Speaker Lætitia H. Delmau is th recipient of the prestigious 2024 Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award.

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

It took weeks to observe the behavior of one and a half dozen precious, but very short-lived, atoms of these exotic elements.

New materials designed by a University of Illinois Chicago graduate student may help scientists meet one of today's biggest ...

For decades, scientists have looked for materials that could make superconductivity -- the lossless transmission of electricity -- possible at higher temperatures, such as room temperature. That would ...