Institute for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) [1969-]
The Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung GmbH (GSI, Institute for Heavy Ion Research) in the Wixhausen section of Darmstadt, Germany is a federally funded heavy ion research center.
The laboratory performs basic and applied research in physics and related natural science disciplines. Main fields of study include plasma physics, atomic physics, nuclear structure research and medical research.
The lab has discovered the following elements; Meitnerium (1982), Hassium (1984), Darmstadtium (1994), Roentgenium (1994), Ununbium and Bohrium (1996).