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Science Corner: All Signs Point to Nihonium

December 7, 2016 by Andy Walsh 2 Comments

There are now 118 named elements on the periodic table. The latest additions made big news last week. Elements 113, 115, 116 and 117 are now named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson respectively. The actual event triggering the headlines wasn't what you'd traditionally picture as science however. It wasn't the actual discovery or synthesis of these elements; that happened years ago. It wasn't even the selection of the names which was announced back in June. It was simply the completion of the bureaucratic … [Read more...] about Science Corner: All Signs Point to Nihonium

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