Production of new elements – the idea © Bild: GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH To produce a new element scientists use two elements naturally occuring on Earth. They fuse the two nuclei [...] SHIP (Separator for Heavy Ion reaction Products) © Foto: A. Zschau, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH Discovery of elements 107-112 / Production of element 116 in operation since 1976 SHIP [...] (TransActinide Separator and Chemistry Apparatus) © Foto: G. Otto, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH Production of elements 113-115, 117 in operation since 2006 TASCA is a so-called gas-filled