Chemistry
The Quest for Superheavy Elements and the Island of Stability
A race is on to create the world's heaviest elements—and to explore the periodic table's “island of stability,” where these elements exist for more than a moment
Stories by Michael Block
Michael Block is a nuclear physicist at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, the Helmholtz Institute Mainz and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. His research focus is on precision measurements of the atomic and nuclear properties of the heaviest elements. Credit: Nick Higgins
