06-07-2011, 10:11 AM
Scientists have added two new super-heavy elements to the Periodic Table. Can real GERN and unobtainium be far behind? 
Quote:Currently going by ununquadium and unuhexium, they're the heaviest on the table with atomic masses of 289 and 292 respectively, ousting previous title holders copernicium (285) and roentgenium (272).
Both official new elements are highly radioactive, existing for less than a second before decaying into lighter atoms, making it particularly difficult for researchers to prove their existence with several groups claiming to have produced the elements in the lab but ultimately only two teams provided sufficient evidence to gain official approval -- the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
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