Nuclear missing link created at last: Superheavy element 117

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 17:49 in Physics & Chemistry

A collaboration of Russian and US physicists has finally created element 117 - a superheavy element made of atoms containing 117 protons that is roughly 40% heavier than lead.

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