Led by Dr. Kosuke Morita at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science, a group of scientists specializing in the superheavy elements have established the clearest evidence yet for the ...
Predicted α-decay chain of new element 119 isotopes (²⁹³,²⁹⁴119), highlighting several as-yet-undiscovered nuclei. The proposed use of ⁴⁰Ar beams offers a promising approach for synthesizing key ...
Island hopper The TASCA facility at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research. (Courtesy: G Otto/GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung) A new isotope of darmstadtium and a new excited ...
The discovery of Hs was reported in 1984 (ref. 11) with the identification of the nuclide 265 Hs with a half-life of T 1/2 = 1.5 ms (refs 11, 12). In 1996, the much longer-lived isotope 269 Hs, with a ...