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New element leaves lightweights behind
The unconfirmed discovery of the new element 114 suggests that a hypothesized "island of stability" inhabited by long-lived superheavy elements has been found.
Further Readings:
Peterson, I. 1996. Element 112 debuts in fusion of lead, zinc. Science News 149(March 2):134.
Sources:
Albert Ghiorso
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Berkeley, CA 94720
Kenneth E. Gregorich
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Mailstop Code 88
Berkeley, CA 94720
Sigurd Hofman
Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung mbH
Kernphysik II
Planckstr. 1, D-64291 Darmstadt
Germany
Kenton J. Moody
University of California
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Avenue, Mailstop Code L-231
Livermore, CA 94550
Yuri Ts. Oganessian
Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions
Joint Institute of Nuclear Research
141980 Dubna, Moscow Region
Russian Federation
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 6, February 6, 1999, p. 85. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
