What Makes an Element? The Frankenstein of Sodium Holds Clues
What Makes an Element? The Frankenstein of Sodium Holds Clues
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
November 26, 20196m 57s
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Show Notes
A few years ago, a group of physicists created an unusual, never-before-seen subatomic particle. Using a particle accelerator at Riken, a Japanese research institute, they slammed streams of calcium nuclei against a metal disk, over and over, for hours at a time. Then, sifting through the aftermath of the collisions, they found their coveted particle. They named their creation: sodium. That’s right, sodium.
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