Curium has remained an elusive element, with only seven crystal structures of curium molecular compounds reported from its discovery in 1944 to 2020. LLNL scientists discovered five new ones in ...

A group of researchers from the Laboratory, along with scientists at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at JINR, participated in the work carried out in Dubna on the synthesis of superheavy ...

The use of titanium-50 in such laboratory reactions, known as fusion-evaporation, had indeed been a challenge for physicists for many years. But the effort was worth it: under the right conditions, ...

In a rare public display of the scientific process at its messiest, physicists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory retracted yesterday their spectacular 1999 claim of having discovered ...

New insights into element synthesis in the universe. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 11 / 211115123459.htm.

Scientists at LLNL have been involved in heavy element research since the Laboratory's inception in 1952 and have been collaborators in the discovery of six elements -- 113,114,115,116,117 and 118.

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley (Calif.) National Laboratory have retracted their claim from 2 years ago that they had created the heaviest member of the periodic table so far–element 118.

Unraveling the mystery surrounding the creation of heavy elements in stars New experimental data helps researchers better understand the formation of some of the universe’s heavier elements ...

A group of Japanese scientists announced Wednesday that they have finally synthesized the elusive element 113, which has been called ununtrium. If confirmed, the feat would mark the first time ...