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Element 114 Verified

Posted by kdawson on from the cento-do-deco-quaternium dept.

ExRex writes "A team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has observed the production of superheavy element 114, confirming the results of researchers at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia. Those researchers first reported producing element 114 in 1999. Such independent verification is important, particularly given the evidence of fabricated results for other superheavy elements. If you're a subscriber to Physical Review Letters, you can download the full article."

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  1. Dear God man, but what does it DO!? by Narcocide · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This could finally be the Bolognium we have all been waiting for!!

    Seriously though... what does it do?