But Panama and its Canal both essentially exist as an island of stability within what's mostly a very unstable neighborhood.

但巴拿马及其运河本质上都是作为一个稳定的岛屿存在于一处非常不稳定的地域中。

Which means that soon, we might be learning a whole lot more about islands of stability and how big our periodic table can really get.

这意味着很快，我们可能会了解更多关于稳定岛的知识，以及我们的周期表到底能有多大。

But if it can be made, it will be a stepping stone towards the fabled island of stability, which is generally agreed to be a worthwhile destination.

但如果119号元素可以合成，将会是走向传说中的稳定岛的一个台阶，而稳定元素岛是公认的有价值的目的地。

Some predictions say that the first island of stability might start right around number 122 or 126, depending who you ask and how they did the calculation.

一些预测说，第一个稳定岛可能从 122 或 126 号左右开始，这取决于你问的是谁，以及他们是如何计算的。

And it's possible we could see exotic and interesting traits like that emerge as we start to get closer and closer to the island of stability.

当我们开始越来越接近稳定之岛时，我们可能会看到像这样的奇特而有趣的特征出现。

But physicists have also predicted what are known as " islands of stability" — sets of elements that are much more stable than you'd expect, because of the way their protons and neutrons are organized in the nucleus.

但是物理学家也预测了所谓的“稳定岛”——一组比你预期的要稳定得多的元素，因为它们的质子和中子在原子核中的组织方式。

And this has led many chemists to believe that there’s a so-called 'island of stability, ' where isotopes of super-heavy elements might have half-lives of anywhere from between thirty seconds, to several million years.

这让许多化学家相信存在一个所谓的“稳定岛”，超重元素的同位素的半衰期可能在 30 秒到几百万年之间。

So the island of stability comes in because there's a theory out there that says if you have a certain magic number, as they call it, of protons and neutrons, those nuclei will be especially stable.

所以稳定岛的出现是因为有一个理论说如果你有一个特定的神奇数字，就像他们所说的那样， 质子和中子， 那些原子核会特别稳定。