Can you create a new element by trying to remove or add electrons, protons and neutrons?

Question: Can you create a new element by trying to remove or add electrons, protons and neutrons?
- Keywords:
  chemistry,
  electron,
  element,
  neutron,
  proton,
  subatomic
Asked by ogoldfinch09 to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean on 21 Mar 2012.
- Sean Murphy answered on 21 Mar 2012:
  
  Yes, there are actually 30 synthetic elements that have been synthesized using a method like this. Of all the synthetic elements, plutonium, first synthesized in 1940, is the one best known. Creating these elements involve use of nuclear reactors or particle accelerators, via nuclear fusion or neutron absorption.
- Lena Ciric answered on 22 Mar 2012:
  
  Ununseptium (atomic number 117) is the latest element to be synthesised. This was done in Russia in 2009. It was made by fusion resulting from the pelting of Berkelium with Calcium ions.
  
  Have a look a the link for a video of the process: http://www.chemicool.com/elements/ununseptium.html

Question: Can you create a new element by trying to remove or add electrons, protons and neutrons?