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ResearchHalf the world’s supply of element 99 used to reveal its chemical secrets
Scientists explore einsteinium’s unusual chemistry using less than 200 nanograms of the precious and highly radioactive material
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Copernicium behaves like a volatile noble liquid, simulations suggest
Relativity plays a part in making element 112 very different to its counterparts in group 12
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Atom-by-atom experiments at the edge of the periodic table
Only a few atoms of oganesson have ever been made – and they all vanished in less time than it took you to read this
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Superheavy oganesson is a semiconductor
The heaviest element known continues to defy the rules of the periodic table
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Victor Ninov and the element that never was
20 years on, Kit Chapman investigates how a scientific scandal unfolded
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Mystery around actinides deepens as researchers challenge study on heavy elements’ origin
Was a giant supernova rather than a neutron star collision responsible for creating the solar system’s actinides?
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Robot speeds up production of plutonium spacecraft fuel
Radioisotope synthesis quadrupled by robot in bid to reach Nasa target
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Masses of superheavy elements nihonium and moscovium measured
First direct measurement made by US team
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Rules for element discovery get superheavy revamp
Chemistry and physics federations also define what counts as a ‘beyond superheavy element’
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73 new exotic nuclei discovered at Japanese institute
Hunt for remaining 4000 predicted nuclides goes on but new technology is needed to find them all
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Heavy elements forged by cataclysmic cosmic collision
First sighting of two neutron stars merging reveals how heavy elements are synthesised
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Immense oganesson projected to have no electron shells
Theory predicts that element 118 would be surrounded by a smear of electrons
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Hunt for element 119 to begin
Japan and the US team up to start the next row of the periodic table
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Iupac confirms names for four new elements
Elements that complete seventh row of periodic table will be named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson
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Explainer: How a new element gets its name
Now that the names of the last four elements of the seventh row of the periodic table have been confirmed, we look at the how they got them
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Explainer: superheavy elements
How do you make a new element, how can you make sure you’ve really made it and what kit do you need?
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Live blog: New element names
The proposed names of the four new elements have been released. Find out what they are in our live coverage.
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Iupac announces proposed new element names
The four new elements confirmed in January are to be named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson
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