Nuclear physics articles within Nature Chemistry

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• Q&A | 22 November 2019

  Weighing up superheavy elements

  Jadambaa Khuyagbaatar from the Helmholtz Institute Mainz and the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research talks to Nature Chemistry about superheavy element studies and why creating and exploring these fleeting nuclei matters.

  • Anne Pichon

• In Your Element | 01 February 2010

  Welcome copernicium?

  In the search for superheavy elements, element 112 was a stepping stone towards the 'islands of stability'. Sigurd Hofmann now relates the steps that led to its 'creation' and detection.

  • Sigurd Hofmann

• In Your Element | 01 January 2010

  The race for rutherfordium

  Mitch André Garcia considers the disputed discovery of element 104 and takes a look at how the chemistry of this synthetic element is developing.

  • Mitch André Garcia