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Atomic Number 115 - Existence Of New Mystery Element Confirmed

Posted August 27, 2013 1:52 PM

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An international team at the GSI research facility in Germany have confirmed the existence of a new element with atomic number 115, verifying earlier measurements performed by research groups in Russia.

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08/27/2013 5:42 PM

Novgorodinum? Hamburgium?

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08/27/2013 5:46 PM

LynDoorium.

Rolls off the tongue easier that KrisDellium, don't you think?.

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08/27/2013 8:56 PM

Adamantium off course!

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08/27/2013 5:58 PM

Onefifteenium.

Verydensium.

Communisium.

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08/27/2013 7:33 PM

no improvement over carbon..........next story
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08/28/2013 12:07 AM

What is the word "mystery" doing in that title?

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08/28/2013 12:21 AM

That's part of the 'magic' of the new journalism.

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08/28/2013 3:16 AM

That in itself is the mysterium mystery.

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08/28/2013 3:17 AM

Moscovium?

Berlinium?

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08/28/2013 4:44 AM

Obamaium?

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08/28/2013 7:29 AM

Thank God they finally found it,

Unobtainium!!!

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08/28/2013 8:43 AM

Feynmanium?

Wheelerium?
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08/28/2013 11:01 AM

Putintonium

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08/28/2013 6:35 PM

Ceearefourium

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08/29/2013 6:13 AM

Is that pronounced "cr4pium"?

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08/29/2013 7:05 AM

No, it's pronounced "cr4ium". "cr4pium" is a derivitive of a poppy plant that many people smoke before hitting the " I want to post anonymously" box while posting here.

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