The newest, heaviest element has been confirmed under laboratory conditions, and its synthesis could help produce even heavier cousins with all-new useful properties. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...
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On May 1, 2014, Physical Review Letters confirmed the existence of a new super-heavy element 117. Super-heavy elements are elements beyond atomic number 104. They do not exist in nature. It is a ...
The hunt for long-lived superheavy elements has taken another leap forward now we've confirmed the existence of Element 117, also known as ununseptium. It was first seen briefly by a team of US and ...