According to a latest study published in Physical Review Letters, a team of physicists from University of Toronto made a bold prediction: a new form of stable element that consists of only Up (u) and ...

An element is defined according to the number of protons contained inside the nucleus of each atom. No two elements have the same number of protons, hence each element has a unique atomic number ...

A chemical element is one of those squares on the periodic table that adorns many a classroom wall. Sure. But what is an element really? It is a more subtle question that you might realise. To get ...

Dec. 7, 2023 — The elements above iron on the periodic table are thought to be created in cataclysmic explosions like the merger of two neutron stars or in rare classes of supernovae.

Learning with TOI News: The periodic table is a chart that shows all the elements. It's like a big treasure map that helps scientists understand the building blocks of everyt ...

In the reverse of what happens when a neutron star is created, neutrons within the bombarded nuclei then spit out electrons and turn into protons. The upshot is a more massive nucleus, and one ...