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Japan Claims Heaviest-Ever Element

Posted by timothy on from the population-density dept.

mOoZik writes "According to People's Daily Online, Japanese scientists claim to have created a new element, whose atomic number is 113, by bombarding a Bismuth atom target with 2.5 trillion zinc atoms per second for 80 days. The claim, as that of Russian and American scientists that claimed to have created elements 113 and 115 in February, remains to be officially confirmed."

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  1. doesn't this remind you of... by nusratt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...stupid stuff we did as kids?

    "bombarding a Bismuth atom target with 2.5 trillion zinc atoms per second for 80 days"

    ants and magnifying glass, M&M's shaken-up in a bottle of soda, etc.