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Six Atoms of Element 117 Produced

Posted by kdawson on from the that's-ununseptium-to-you dept.

mr crypto writes "A team of Russian and American scientists has produced six atoms of a new element, number 117, that has long stood as a missing link among the heaviest bits of atomic matter ever produced. The element, still nameless, appears to point the way toward a brew of still more massive elements with chemical properties no one can predict. The researchers say that the discovery bolsters the idea of an 'island of stability' among still heavier elements."

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  1. No name yet by tedgyz · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, elements name you

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    1. Re:No name yet by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

      What is the Russian word for 119 - there may be an interesting name there.

      Well I tried to enter it in cyrillic, but I can't bend /. to my will to get it to display. So I'll have to translate it back into English for you:

      One Hundred and(*) Nineteen

      * The "and" is optional and depends on you locale, so use caution before mocking me

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    2. Re:No name yet by paeanblack · · Score: 5, Funny

      In Soviet Russia the government decides how many atoms to make

      In the United States, the many Adams decided how to make the government

  2. still more... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "still more massive elements with chemical properties no one can predict."

    I bet one of them will look great on the tiara for Mrs. Universe pageants.

  3. Repeatable? by Wiscocrew · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pics or it didn't happen, scientists.

  4. Names by Dirtside · · Score: 5, Funny

    Name ideas:

    - Yetanotherium
    - Unremarkablum
    - Irrelevantium
    - Onehundredseventeenium
    - Instantlydecaysium

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