Editing Livermorium (section)

===Other routes of synthesis===
{{See also|Isotopes of livermorium#Nucleosynthesis}}
The synthesis of livermorium in fusion reactions using projectiles heavier than <sup>48</sup>Ca has been explored in preparation for synthesis attempts of the yet-undiscovered [[unbinilium|element 120]], as such reactions would necessarily utilize heavier projectiles. In 2023, the reaction between <sup>238</sup>U and <sup>54</sup>Cr was studied at the JINR's Superheavy Element Factory in Dubna; one atom of the new isotope <sup>288</sup>Lv was reported, though more detailed analysis has not yet been published.<ref name=Lv288/> Similarly, in 2024, a team at the [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]] reported the synthesis of two atoms of <sup>290</sup>Lv in the reaction between [[Plutonium-244|<sup>244</sup>Pu]] and <sup>50</sup>Ti. This result was described as "truly groundbreaking" by [[RIKEN]] director Hiromitsu Haba, whose team plans to search for [[ununennium|element 119]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/07/23/a-new-way-to-make-element-116-opens-the-door-to-heavier-atoms/ |title=A New Way to Make Element 116 Opens the Door to Heavier Atoms |last=Biron |first=Lauren |date=23 July 2024 |website=lbl.gov |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |access-date=24 July 2024 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bourzac |first1=Katherine |date=23 July 2024 |title=Heaviest element yet within reach after major breakthrough |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02416-3 |journal=Nature |volume= 632|issue= 8023|pages= 16–17|doi=10.1038/d41586-024-02416-3 |pmid=39043946 |bibcode=2024Natur.632...16B |access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite arXiv |last1=Gates |first1=J. M. |title=Towards the Discovery of New Elements: Production of Livermorium (Z=116) with <sup>50</sup>Ti|date=2024-07-22 |eprint=2407.16079 |last2=Orford |first2=R. |last3=Rudolph |first3=D. |last4=Appleton |first4=C. |last5=Barrios |first5=B. M. |last6=Benitez |first6=J. Y. |last7=Bordeau |first7=M. |last8=Botha |first8=W. |last9=Campbell |first9=C. M.|class=nucl-ex }}</ref> The team at JINR studied the reaction between <sup>242</sup>Pu and <sup>50</sup>Ti in 2024 as a follow-up to the <sup>238</sup>U+<sup>54</sup>Cr, obtaining additional decay data for <sup>288</sup>Lv and its decay products and discovering the new isotope <sup>289</sup>Lv.<ref name=jinr2024/>