New Superheavy Element Discovered at Berkley Labs

www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/ ^ | 4-1-10 | Sciocco D. Aprile

[SunkenCiv]

Jimmy Neecriket does a lot of similar research about once a year.

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[MHGinTN]

Poor soul suffers from little dick syndrome ... without braille, he would never be able to pee standing up.

[wideminded]

Element 120 and its immediate decay product, element 121, were discovered ...

the sequence of decay events is consistent with theories that have long predicted an "island of stability" for nuclei with approximately 187 protons and 199 neutrons.

"We jumped over a sea of instability onto an island of stability that theories have been predicting since the 1970s," said nuclear physicist Victor Nokof

Something doesn't make sense here because:

1. They are talking about elements 120 and 121 being near the "island of stability", but an element with 187 protons would be element 187.

2. The heavier elements all have many more neutrons than protons

[reagan_fanatic]

"Oh crap..."

[smokingfrog]

They are talking about elements 120 and 121 being near the "island of stability", but an element with 187 protons would be element 187.

 
Mmmm. You would think that a nuclear physicist would know that. Maybe this Nokov fellow isn't who he says he is...

[wideminded]

See #23.

[SunkenCiv]

It’s an April Fool’s joke. Jimmy Neecricket?