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Scientists discover new element -- No. 118
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By firing atoms of metal at another metal, Russian and American
scientists have discovered a new element -- No. 118 on the Periodic
Table -- that is the heaviest substance known and probably hasn't
existed since the universe was in its infancy, they reported Monday.
Ununoctium, as the new element is temporarily named, has no known
use but inspired almost a decade-long pursuit by scientists on four
continents. Controversy in the course of its discovery hobbled the
career of one physici...
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Blink and you'll miss it.(announcement of a new element ununoctium)
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; IN OCTOBER, A NEW ELEMENT (ununoctium) was announced to great acclaim, newsworthy on account of it being the heaviest atom ever created (atomic mass 294). But one blink and you could have missed it. It existed only in the laboratory for less than a thousandth of a second. A previous attempt in 2002
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New element leaves lightweights behind.(superheavy element discovered which lasts 30 seconds before disintegrating into lighter elements)(Brief Article)
Science News
; ... Ts. Oganessian. They completed the work at the end of December 1998. A report of the find appeared Jan. 19 on SCIENCE'S online news service. The atom signaled its presence by disintegrating into lighter and lighter elements, from atomic number 112 to 110 to ...
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 "All Things Considered (NPR)")
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Name That Element Contest Announced
All Things Considered (NPR)
; 00-00-0000 NOAH ADAMS, Host: And now another in the long line of All Things Considered contests. Dateline Germany - scientists at the Heavy Ion Research Center in Darmstadt announced late last night they've discovered a new element. To review, an element is a substance that cannot be separated into
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Celebrating the naming of element 111.(IUPAC Wire: News and information on IUPAC, its fellows, and member organizations)
Chemistry International
; On 17 November 2006, a ceremony was held at the Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany, to celebrate the naming of element 111. The name of the element, which was discovered at GSI, honors Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, the discoverer of the Rontgen rays (X-rays) for which he
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Scientists announce success in creation of new element
Oakland Tribune
; LIVERMORE -- By firing atoms of metal at another metal, Russian and American scientists reported Monday, they created a new element - - No. 118 on the periodic table -- that is the heaviest substance known. Ununoctium, as the new element is temporarily named, has no known use but inspired almost a
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