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Livermore Lab team discovers six new elements
Comments on Stories, posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Apr 17, 2012 at 5:03 pm

Dawn Shaughnessy and her team at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are pushing the boundaries of the physical world, discovering the heaviest elements the world has ever known.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 6:56 AM

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Posted by Ruby Rod, a resident of another community, on Apr 17, 2012 at 5:03 pm

Turns out the fifth element was love. Who'd have guessed?

Posted by Casanova, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Apr 17, 2012 at 8:28 pm

I wonder if there will be protests from the usual brain dead anti lab aging hippies.

They want the lab closed at any cost....makes you wonder when they'll start picketing hospitals and universities since they have nuclear material on site.

Posted by Bill, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood, on Apr 18, 2012 at 12:33 pm

Element 118 was made circa 2006. Californium (Cf) bombarded with Calcium (Ca) ions.

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