Nitrogen is element seven because it has seven protons, and so on until we reach ununoctium with 118 protons. So creating a brand new element requires loading an atom's nucleus with more protons.

The reactions all conserved baryon number (the total number of protons and neutrons) and electric charge, meaning that this phase began with a 50/50 split between protons and neutrons, with just ...

The new element is radioactive, and while it is in the detector, it gives off alpha particles—two protons and two neutrons—in a predictable fashion.

The finding could be put to use at a new facility opening in 2020 that might create new elements—that is, nuclei with more than 118 protons—in addition to new isotopes of the known elements ...

There are 118 elements that make up the Periodic Table, organized by their atomic number — the number of protons in the element's atomic nucleus.

If produced, the new element would have an atomic nucleus brimming with 120 protons and would occupy a new row of the periodic table.