Take a look at the periodic table and you’ll find that almost all the elements up to the atomic number 94 occur on Earth in relatively decent amounts. In addition, nuclear physicists can prepare ...

Could a superheavy element – heavier than anything previously found in nature or made in the lab – exist naturally in the rocks of Earth? A team of physicists says they have detected a few ...

Could super-heavy elements be lurking in plain sight? One group of physicists says that they are, and claims to have seen the heaviest element yet found hiding amongst thorium atoms. Some theories ...