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ResearchShortest-lived and lightest magnesium isotope ever too unstable to even attract electrons
Magnesium-18 cation has a fleeting half-life of 3 billion trillionths of a second
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Berkelium complex opens door for future nuclear recycling
Complex is only the sixth ever created
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Half 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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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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Robot speeds up production of plutonium spacecraft fuel
Radioisotope synthesis quadrupled by robot in bid to reach Nasa target
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What is an element?
Our understanding of what an element is has evolved over the years, but it’s still a tricky concept to nail down. Philip Ball investigates
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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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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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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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The element makers: Making superheavy elements
The periodic table has now grown to 118 elements. We met some of the people who make them to find out how they do it, and what they will be doing next
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The element makers: Where will the periodic table end?
The periodic table has now grown to 118 elements. We met some of the people who make them to find out how they do it, and what they will be doing next
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The element makers: Experimenting on superheavy elements
The periodic table has now grown to 118 elements. We met some of the people who make them to find out how they do it, and what they will be doing next
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The element makers
The periodic table has now grown to 118 elements. We met some of the people who make them to find out how they do it, and what they will be doing next
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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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Iupac announces proposed new element names
The four new elements confirmed in January are to be named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson
