Can We Create New Elements Beyond the Periodic Table?

Scientists have been slowly extending the periodic table one element at a time, pushing to higher and higher masses, and have discovered some incredibly useful materials along the way. But the elements at the current end of the table are so unstable that they decay almost as soon as they’re created...

18 min - Science & Tech - PBS Space Time

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