New element named copernicium

[tittenman]

Discovered 13 years ago, and officially added to the periodic table just weeks ago, element 112 finally has a name.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8153596.stm

 

[BlueBalls]

It's not one of these created in a lab and lasts for 5 seconds before disappearing completely kind of elements is it?

 

[Jeep!]

Yeah, it's only been synthesised a few few times, and only as a few atoms at a time.

 

[Nester6]

Discovered 13 years ago, and officially added to the periodic table just weeks ago, element 112 finally has a name.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8153596.stm

Fantastic! We all have so much to learn. More secrets of the universe will ultimately be discovered.
My hope is that better treatments and drugs used to combat cancer might be discovered.

 

[calpoon]

Elements are bullshit. They are just made up. I think element 119 should be called calpoonium.

No one really knows what any sub-atomic particles (electrons and pr0tons) look like because they have never seen them. It's all just based on mathematic calculation.

which is bullshit too. math is just something that people made up. It's just a description of something, not a quality of the physical thing itself. In other words being unable to prove that something exists by physical observation means that it's not a fact according to the scientific criteria.

 

[Riffy]

All the elements from Americium (95 ) onwards are bollocks.

 

[gunslingingbird]

All the elements from Americium (95 ) onwards are bollocks.

^ What he said.