Periodic Table Gets a New, Unnamed Element

koavf writes "More than a decade after experiments first produced a single atom of 'super-heavy' element 112, a team of German scientists has been credited with its discovery, but it has yet to be named. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has temporarily named the element ununbium, as 'ununbi' means 'one one two' in Latin; but the team now has the task of proposing its official name." Slashdotium? Taconium? Man, I shoulda gone into science so I could have named something sweet that kids have to memorize in classes.

Comments

Re:Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator

[intjgeek]

They should auction the right to name it off to the highest bidder. Use the proceeds for further research or donate it to charity..etc..

Re:A semantic quibble about these things (rant?)

[idontgno]

True. Matter and energy are transient; entropy and stupidity are eternal.