Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Scientists Create Super-Heavy Element

Scientists said they smashed together calcium with the manmade element Californium to make an atom with 118 protons in its nucleus. The new element lasted for just one millisecond, but it was the heaviest element ever made and the first manmade inert gas— the atomic family that includes helium, neon and radon.



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