The third-heaviest element in the universe has been made in a way that offers a route for synthesising the elusive element 120, which would be the heaviest element in the periodic table.

Physicists are nearing the creation of the heaviest element known to humankind, following a scientific breakthrough at an American university. The experiment utilized the lab's heavy-ion ...

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 ...

So that seems quite pointless. What if you discovered a new element? For about 70 years, ever since plutonium slipped out of a nuclear reaction, the search has been on to make ever heavier and more ...

A pathway that should allow the production of new nuclei beyond oganesson-294 (Z=118), the heaviest nucleus ever studied by nuclear physicists. The next step is to synthesize element 120. Although ...