Protons, the positively charged particles that help build every atom in our bodies, are starting to look less like classical ...

So if you tried to make new elements by smooshing calcium-48 onto these really big, unstable elements, the transuranic element would decay into something with a lower atomic number incredibly quickly, ...

Biophysicists in Germany have discovered a diode for protons: just like the electronic component determines the direction of flow of electric current, the “proton diode” ensures that protons can only ...

For surfers, it's not enough just to wait for the right wave: they still have to know how to catch it. As it turns out, one challenge faced by surfers also applies to protons. An experiment recently ...

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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DEEP in the heart of every atom lurk protons, tiny particles from which the chemical elements were forged, first in the searing heat of the big bang and then in the nuclear furnaces of stars. The ...

A group of Japanese scientists announced Wednesday that they have finally synthesized the elusive element 113, which has been called ununtrium. If confirmed, the feat would mark the first time ...

After nine years in a laboratory, Japanese scientists announced on Wednesday that they finally created element 113, an element that does not occur naturally on Earth. At least, they're pretty sure ...

Take a look around: Every single thing you see is made up of elements in the periodic table. Ever since scientists first cobbled together these catalogs of nature’s building blocks in the 19th century ...

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 ...

For now, they're known by working names, like ununseptium and ununtrium — two of the four new chemical elements whose discovery has been officially verified. The elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, ...