These isotopes are essential for making targets ... ran “cold fusion” experiments that extended the periodic table from element 107 to 112. They bombarded a heavy target of lead or bismuth ...

Eighty out of the first 82 elements in the periodic table have stable isotopes. Measuring and analysing their distribution allows for many practical applications. The IAEA assists Member States in ...

For the first time, scientists have characterized a promethium coordination complex, advancing the understanding of ...

While the number of protons defines the element (e.g., hydrogen, carbon, etc.) and the sum of the protons and neutrons gives the atomic mass, the number of neutrons defines the isotope of that element ...