The number of protons in an atom is unique to each element. For example, carbon atoms have six protons, hydrogen atoms have one and oxygen atoms have eight.

Though it has yet to be named, element 117 is the latest in a series of super-heavy atoms to be synthesized in the last few years at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.

Scientists have now confirmed the existence of a new element, No. 115 on the periodic table, by slamming atoms into each other. ... Super-heavy element. The more protons an atom has, ...

The number of protons in an atom of any given element is always the same. Physicists call this the atomic number.So, in the above example of lead, its atomic number is 82 and that does not change ...

there are 8 protons in the nucleus of every oxygen atom; no other element has atomic number 8; A second number is needed to fully describe an atom. This number is called the mass number.

Each element is distinguished by the number of protons, neutrons and electrons that it possesses. The atoms of each chemical element have a defining and same number of protons and electrons, but – ...

Researchers have demonstrated that by using argon plasma, metal atoms can be dispersed and guided to desired positions. This ...

The main reason neptunium hasn’t been made into a bomb (other than the fact that now that we know it can be, access to it is regulated) is historical.Real work on a nuclear bomb began in the 1940s.

Creating a superheavy element is no easy feat. It's the equivalent of firing six trillion bullets a second at a needle in a haystack, hoping the bullet and needle somehow fuse together, then catching ...