Gates is a nuclear chemist with a wry sense of humor and a clear fondness for the equipment that she and her team have developed to synthesize superheavy elements. They create these elements by ...

This is the first time that nuclei heavier than calcium-48 have been used to synthesize a superheavy element. The international team, led by Jacklyn Gates at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...

The more protons and neutrons scientists squeeze together to construct a “superheavy” atomic nucleus—one with a total number of protons greater than 103—the more fragile the resulting ...

(Credit: Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab) An international team of researchers, spearheaded by Berkeley Lab‘s Heavy Element Group, has achieved a monumental feat- the discovery of the superheavy element 116 ...

This reaction resulted in the formation of Nihonium, accompanied by the emission of one neutron. 2 Flerovium (Fl) is a superheavy element (SHE) with atomic number 114. Experimental studies have shown ...

In this study, we investigate the properties of very neutron-rich nuclei for which superheavy elements (Z & GE; 104) can be produced in NSMs and whether they can similarly imprint a unique signature ...

The discovery of rutherfordium-252, the shortest-lived superheavy nucleus with a 60-nanosecond half-life, advances the understanding of the “island of stability” and lays groundwork for further ...

In the last three decades, new elements in the periodic table have been synthesized [9]-[13]. As a result, the subject of superheavy nuclei gained enormous interest in nuclear Physics both ...

Over the past few decades, scientists in the United States, Germany and Russia have figured out how to use special tools to combine two atomic nuclei and create new, superheavy elements.

Chapman's other book, Superheavy, delves into the periodic table. While that might not sound super interesting or very ...