The hunt is on
Japanese element hunters are trying to extend the periodic table
Rival teams around the world are racing to discover element 119. A Japanese team are forerunners given their recent discovery of element 113. Nowadays, elements are discovered by smashing smaller elements together at high speeds. International collaboration and competition define this process, which could end up producing stable, super-heavy elements in the predicted ‘island of stability’.
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