All man-made elements articles
-
OpinionLetters: December 2023
Readers stand up for school technicians, share concerns about fireworks and speculate about element 121
-
NewsBerkeley Lab to lead US hunt for element 120 after breakdown of collaboration with Russia
Fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sees US go it alone on efforts to synthesise new elements
-
ReviewSuperheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table
Kit Chapman has been on a journey around the world to discover how new elements are made
-
OpinionThe criteria for discovering a new element
Why the rules are changing in the search for superheavies
-
Opinion'It blows my mind I get to use these facilities'
Element discoverer Dawn Shaughnessy on big science, future generations and Star Wars
-
NewsRules for element discovery get superheavy revamp
Chemistry and physics federations also define what counts as a ‘beyond superheavy element’
-
Research73 new exotic nuclei discovered at Japanese institute
Hunt for remaining 4000 predicted nuclides goes on but new technology is needed to find them all
-
PodcastMeitnerium
Nik Kaltsoyannis enlightens us on how an element was born out of difficult beginnings