Two New Elements Added to Periodic Table

[alp227]

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — They exist for only seconds at most in real life, but they've gained immortality in chemistry: Two new elements have been added to the periodic table.

The elements were recognized by an international committee of chemists and physicists. They're called elements 114 and 116 for now — permanent names and symbols will be chosen later.

You're not likely to run into any of this stuff. Scientists make them in labs by smashing atoms of other elements together to create the new ones.

"Our experiments last for many weeks, and typically, we make an atom every week or so," said chemist Ken Moody of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, who's part of the discovery team.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/06/08/science/AP-SCI-New-Elements.html

[Vehl]

1. Fascinating!

I love this type of news. Kudos to the scientists who discovered these

[7wo7rees]

2. Let me get this straight...

They can smash atoms together to make elements.
They discovered the cure for cancer.
They bottled anti-matter.
They mastered the hadron collider.
They dissected and isolated the genomes.

Where's my jetpack?

[titaniumsalute]

3. But they still cannot locate Cheney's heart

[AndyTiedye]

10. They Would Need to Find All Seven Horcruxes

and one of them is rumored to be guarded by the Great Beast they keep in the middle of the Pentagon.

[IDemo]

7. ->

http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/inventor+readies+jetski+skies/4912329/story.html

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Whizzing around with your own personal jetpack may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but New Zealand inventor Glenn Martin aims to have his "jetski for the skies" on the market within 18 months.

[7wo7rees]

8. Thank you for this.

I only had to wait an hour!
Going to New Zealand. Who's with me?

[FSogol]

21. +1. Jet Pack; check. Robot Bulter? Robot Butler?

C'mon, I was promised a robot butler.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. "They mastered the hadron collider"

that collider name is unfortunate- I have a slight case of dyslexia, and everytime I read that name I see "Large Hardon Collider"

[laconicsax]

13. That was actual typo in Richard Dawkins' latest book that almost went to print.

[7wo7rees]

14. Bada-bing!

I have had enough penis this week, thank you.
Fifteen is my limit on Schnitzengruben.
http://youtu.be/eXGHBL0w8Fo

[LynneSin]

12. Going on sale as soon as the end of 2011....

http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/inventor+readies+jetski+skies/4912329/story.html

[sudopod]

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[sakabatou]

20. DId they find a cure for cancer?

[Skink]

4. So Reagan has an element so what.

[freshwest]

5. Ugh!

[Hugabear]

16. Reaganinium - the densest material known to man

:rofl:

[nilram]

17. Even more dense than Bushtonium. But only by an imperceptible amount.

It takes an array of finely calibrated devices to measure the difference.

[FSogol]

22. +1. An element that ignored the largest health care crisis in US history.

:puke:

[Kolesar]

6. Unobtainium...eom

[Javaman]

26. ...

LOL

My first thought as well.

[juxtaposed]

11. palin wants to know more.

[No Elephants]

23. There you go again.

[GaltFreeDiet]

15. Element 115 should be named Naquadah

That's what they're actually trying to make.

[sofa king]

25. Or "Illyrium."

As per one of the finer science fiction novels by Sam Delaney, Nova.

[rayofreason]

18. Weinerium...

...It seems stable, then suddenly becomes radioactive and decays.

[sofa king]

24. I propose "Palinium."

It's toxic, dense, radioactive, and invariably disintegrates in a short time, destroying everything around it and prolonging the process of decay.