Edward Whitten had just lain down on his bed when he received the good news.
But for some reason, he didn't feel very excited, he even just felt regretful.
The discovery of Element 119 was indeed a big deal in the academic world, the regret lay in the fact that the isotope discovered by the team only had a half-life proving that the new element had existed.
Qiao Ze had published the neutron number of the element's stable isotope in his paper.
But even if theoretically one knew the neutron number of an element's stable isotope, synthesizing such an isotope in practice still needed overcoming many technical challenges, such as finding the right nuclear reaction, solving experimental design, equipment capability, and many other scientific and engineering problems.
Edward Whitten was convinced that Qiao Ze's materials science model database definitely had a complete method.
