Click on the image to see it full size. I’m working on a new theme for the blog so that I can include larger format images. It might take some time. This is pretty much exactly what would happen if William Shatner came ’round to tea at the Prime residence. So I realized today that [...]
A month or so ago, I talked a little bit about this new element. Well, they’ve finally settled on a name for it. I must say I’m a little disappointed in Professor Hofmann. I know as well as the next guy the contribution that Copernicus made to science and, more importantly, the importance of questioning [...]
So a team of scientists first created element 112 back in 1996, but it was only recently that they have been given credit for the discovery. There are a lot of interesting things to look at here. First of all, it was created by smashing zinc atoms into a target made of lead. I’ve always [...]
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