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10.01.2015: Observation of Element 117 at GSI Among Top Ten Physics News Stories in 2014

The synthesis of element 117 at GSI belongs to the Top Ten Physics News Stories in 2014 published by American Physical Society (APS) ...

19.09.2014: Seaborgium Hexacarbonyl: First Carbonyl Complex of a Superheavy Element

Life is short for the heaviest elements. They emerge from high-energy nuclear collisions with scant time for detection before they break up into lighter atoms. Even et al. report that even a few seconds is long enough for carbon to bond to the 106th element, seaborgium ...

02.05.2014: Superheavy Element 117 Confirmed – On the Way to the "Island of Stability"

New findings mark important step towards the capability to observe long-lived superheavy nuclei ...