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Discovery of 'Pelosium'

Published on February 15, 2010 By sirrahc

I don’t normally post on Mondays, but I couldn’t resist passing this one along (courtesy G. Beck): Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California has now identified with certainty the heaviest element known to science. The new element, Pelosium (PL), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it […]