At first glance, nature appears to consist of countless numbers of very different materials. The world thus appears to be an extremely complex mixture of many different materials. But philosophers and scientists have long held another view of the world. They have found it difficult to believe that nature is really as complex as it appears to be. Instead, they have assumed that the many different materials we see result from the combination of a …showed first 75 words of 1523 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1523 total…and protons in each nucleus. The combination allows the force that binds neutrons and protons to temporarily prevent the enormous electrical repulsion between protons from breaking up the nucleus. Now that scientists have produced a few superheavy elements in the laboratory, some want to attempt to make element 126, which is believed to be in the “island of stability”. Other nuclear scientists are busy trying to recreate elements 114, 116 and 118 to confirm that scientists have found them.