Can we create all the elements on the periodic table artificially. – Secondary 11

Question: Can we create all the elements on the periodic table artificially.
- Keywords:
  artificially,
  elements,
  periodic table
Asked by ellascientist to Faye, Martin, Mus, Pete, David, Tess, Yue on 28 Apr 2012.
- Pete Etchells answered on 28 Apr 2012:
  
  I’m not sure about the answer to this one, but I think it’s a no! Elements tend to be created under incredible pressure and force inside a star, and I don’t think we can match that on Earth. There are, however, some completely artificial elements in the periodic table that aren’t created naturally; they tend to be highly radioactive and unstable (such as einsteinium and rutherfordium).

ellascientist commented on 28 Apr 2012:

Is einsteinium named after Albert Einstein?

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- Pete commented on 30 Apr 2012:
  
  Yep, it is! And Rutherford is named after Ernest Rutherford, who discovered the idea of radioactive half-life.
  
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ellascientist commented on 10 Jun 2012:

What’s radionactive half-life?

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Question: Can we create all the elements on the periodic table artificially.