Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The team believes this method could potentially help synthesize the ...

A team of Russian and American scientists has stretched the margins of the periodic table by creating a new element, No. 118, which is heavier than any other yet produced, the scientists reported ...

If accomplished, it will create element 120. This element is not expected to be stable, but it is another step on the path toward potential new elements that may be stable and useful in the future.

Scientists made the known element 116 with a beam of titanium atoms, a technique that could be used to make the undiscovered element 120.