Pushing the limit of the periodic table with superheavy elements (IMAGE)

Michigan State University Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

Pushing the limit of the periodic table with superheavy elements

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Scientists from Massey University in New Zealand, the University of Mainz in Germany, Sorbonne University in France, and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams discuss the limits of the periodic table and revising the concept of the “island of stability” with recent advances in superheavy element research in recent publications. Their work is the cover feature of the February 2024 Nature Review Physics.

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(Image credit: Nature Reviews Physics February 2024, cover design Susanne Harris

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