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A new element on the periodic table might be within reach 

Scientists made a known element with a new technique, opening up possibilities 

An illustration of element 120 shows 120 electrons arranged around a nucleus.

A search for element 120 (illustrated) could be done with a beam of titanium ions, scientists suggest.

Jenny Nuss/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

By Emily Conover

To expand the periodic table, it might be time to go titanium. 

A new study lays the groundwork to expand the periodic table with a search for element 120, to be made by slamming electrically charged titanium atoms, or ions, into a californium target.