La création dans un accélérateur de particules d’éléments chimiques « superlourds » qui n’existent pas dans la nature passionne les scientifiques. Quatre viennent d’être découverts. D’autres suivront.
- Director, Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility, Australian National University
They might only last for a fraction of a second but four new elements have finally won their place in the periodic table. The hunt is now on to find even more.
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 Russian…
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