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Magical shell game; Nuclear physics.(The heaviest element yet has been synthesised)
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Russian and American researchers have discovered the heaviest element yet
BEING forced to rewrite the textbooks every so often is no bad thing. Now scientists are poised to oblige the producers of that perennial classroom classic, the periodic table, to issue an updated version. They have synthesised a new element that is the heaviest ever made. Such a discovery was first announced, and then retracted, some years ago. This time, the researchers are confident that they have truly found it.
Hydrogen, the lightest element, has a single proton whereas uranium, the heaviest ...
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