Element 118 Created 244
BuzzSkyline writes, "The heaviest element yet, Element 118, has been created in Dubna, Russia by a collaboration of researchers from Russia's Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US. They created the new element by fusing together Californium (element 98) and Calcium atoms. The achievement comes five years after the scandal-plagued retraction of an earlier claim, which was based on fabricated data, that three atoms of element 118 had been produced at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. The achievement was reported on October 9 in the journal Physical Review C (subscription needed to read more than the abstract)."
Big deal (Score:4, Funny)
I have ten pounds of Element 119 right here...
Not Politically Correct (Score:5, Funny)
Just in time (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A ways to go before element 137 (Score:5, Funny)
118, eh? (Score:3, Funny)
Truthiness. (Score:5, Funny)
So I guess this announcement has an element of truth about it...
[OK, shoot me now.]
And now the fun begins (Score:5, Funny)
I sure hope they name it something nice though. "Ununoctium", "Kurchatovium" and "Hassium" don't exactly roll off the tongue. No pun intended...
Okay... back to work.
Re:Big deal (Score:5, Funny)
Dude, for the last time, that's not Element 119. They're called "CornNuts." And they don't give you, or anyone else, "special powers."
Re:Not Politically Correct (Score:3, Funny)
Wait. I thought... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:And now the fun begins (Score:2, Funny)
Re:A ways to go before element 137 (Score:3, Funny)
Re:And now the fun begins (Score:1, Funny)
Re:And now the fun begins (Score:5, Funny)
If the name will be put to a vote [youtube.com], it will be named Stevium Colbertium [youtube.com].
and finally, if it's left up to the Republicans, it will be named Reaganium [wikipedia.org]
(well, actually, it would be called Reaganium-VI, because by the time element 118 is named, five other elements will have already been renamed after Reagan. Including Oxygen.).
- RG>
Re:Not Politically Correct (Score:3, Funny)
In a lab in New Jersey.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Is it the same fraudster? (Score:5, Funny)
Self-esteem problem? (Score:5, Funny)
Just take it 30 femtoseconds before any quantum coupling and you will see an all new you.
Ask your PhD about it today to see if the little "quantum packet" is right for you.
Warning: Side effects may include uncertainty, fission, fusion, photon emission, prolonged electron excitation, ionization, or other side effects. Tell your PhD if you are engaged in any antimatter collisions. Nu-kleeas(R) is not right for everybody.
patented process (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Instantiated? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:It is a BIG DEAL! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Big deal (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It is a BIG DEAL! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It is a BIG DEAL! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It is a BIG DEAL! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A ways to go before element 137 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It is a BIG DEAL! (Score:5, Funny)
And they shall call it... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wait. I thought... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:patented process (Score:1, Funny)
Unfortunatly, the process for combining Californium and Calcium (which is called "Californication") has already been patented by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
you end up with a lot of CaCa to flush.
Re:It is a BIG DEAL! (Score:5, Funny)
~X~
Re:It is a BIG DEAL! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And now the fun begins (Score:4, Funny)
The FSF would name it 'GENOHE' (GNU Element Number One Hundred and Eighteen).
Microsoft would call it 'Microsoft® Viewium®'.
Apple would call it 'iElement'.
If they ask Nintendo, they'll call it 'Waangiiuum'.
International Element Registry (Score:3, Funny)
Get our custom element naming kit and you will receive:
## iron and/or aluminum, depending on dust conditions
Re:Self-esteem problem? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It is a BIG DEAL! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:No Laugh (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Big deal (Score:2, Funny)
Anybody can get 10 pounds of cornnuts.
It's eating the 10 pounds of cornnuts that requires superhuman abilities.