Scientists Discover Shortest-Lived Superheavy Nucleus Ever Recorded
Researchers discovered rutherfordium-252, the shortest-lived superheavy nucleus, refining the "island of stability" map and ...
85 Unfortunate Incidents That Looked Expensive And Probably Cost Folks A Fortune (New Pics)
Most of us have heard the phrase: "Accidents happen." It's usually to comfort us after a mistake we've made or an incident ...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch ups the ante on the commercial space race
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin joined the billionaire’s space race in earnest when its New Glenn rocket roared from a launch pad at ...
Who owns Mars? As Donald Trump vows to plant an American flag on the Red Planet, scientists reveal why an interstellar inauguration is off the cards
Donald Trump has claimed that it is America's 'manifest destiny' to expand to Mars. So, could the Red Planet really become ...
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How Japan took the lead in the race to discover element 119
After a breakdown in US-Russia relations, Riken finds itself ahead of its rivals. And Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...
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Superheavy element half-life measurements push back the limits of stability
Experimental observations of the half life of rutherfordium-252 demonstrate that its stability lies well within the limits required for full atoms to form ...