Beyond the Bounds of the Periodic Table

omninerd.com — Since the 1940s, scientists have been seeking to expand the periodic table by smashing atomic nuclei together to create heavier elements. Rolf-Dietmar Herzberg and his team from the University of Liverpool have given theorists some data to chew on by monitoring energy produced when the atoms in excited nobelium-254 relax. Aug 29, 2006 View in Crawl 4