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- UberNick, on 09/25/2009, -0/+160We'll get to it right after fixing all the globes with USSR
- jbwages, on 09/25/2009, -1/+120Tiny paperweights.
- EeekiE, on 09/25/2009, -13/+117They're spending their own time on it, not yours.
They haven't 'found' this element, but have produced it. Such research is good, and no doubt new technologies, or improved technologies were employeed in doing it.
But even IF stuff like this wasn't economically "worth it", it would still be worth it. Just because you're content with ignorance, doesn't mean everyone else has to be too. - AndrewMoyer, on 09/25/2009, -0/+84My globe is still flat :'(
- mikek814, on 09/25/2009, -1/+83Massive periodic table reprint?
- diggydougie, on 09/26/2009, -0/+66Balloons?
- EeekiE, on 09/25/2009, -1/+58If there's any deep meaning in life outside of superstition, then what is it other than trying to understand reality as best we can.
I have no qualms with a bunch of nerds spending a fraction of my tax money on this pursuit so that I, without putting in ANY effort myself, can benefit from the knowledge in Pop-Sci books later on and be blown away. Deal of a lifetime.
***** trying to justify it by asking what immediate technology spin-offs it will bring to fruit.
Nobody could have invented the TV before Maxwell. Maxwell wasn't trying to invent a TV, he was ***** about with magnets and electricity.
Science isn't about trying to invent an X so that you can have one for Christmas. - Velenne, on 09/25/2009, -7/+61From the wiki: "The island of stability is a term from nuclear physics that describes the possibility of elements with particularly stable "magic numbers" of protons and neutrons. This would allow certain isotopes of some transuranic elements to be far more stable than others; that is, decay much more slowly."
The idea here is to create nuclear energy that is as clean as possible. The lower the half-life, the more radioactive it is. If we can make nuclear waste with exceptionally long half-lives (10^9 years, for example, as opposed to milliseconds) then we can make nuclear energy without all that ugly, lethal nuclear waste.
That's the understanding I took from it anyway. - doctechnical, on 09/25/2009, -0/+51Island of Stability, just 20 or so miles south-southwest of the Island of Misfit Toys.
- AdmiralAcbar, on 09/25/2009, -15/+58What sort of application WOULDN'T be suited for stable super heavy elements?
- icepick314, on 09/25/2009, -0/+38my globe still has Yugoslavia...
- RealmDown, on 09/25/2009, -0/+36or tiny bookends to keep those pesky nanotubes from rolling all over the place.
- EeekiE, on 09/25/2009, -0/+33They wont know what hit them, because their Periodic Table of Erements will be out of date.
PS. Not racist - johnnysaucepn, on 09/25/2009, -0/+32Heavy Metal Guitar String Theory.
- inactive, on 09/25/2009, -0/+32Huffy bike frames.
- theDashRendar, on 09/25/2009, -0/+29Soon, we will reach the fabled 'Island of Stability'
... look it up. - EeekiE, on 09/25/2009, -4/+30Of course it's tax payer funded, I never said it wasn't, and so it should be.
Your comment just rang of Palin vs Fruit Fly research.
Scientists aren't out to invent technology. They're out there to give the developers of technology new items in their toolbox.
It's the internet. I have every right to act like a 7 year old. - kb9vgr, on 09/25/2009, -0/+26Finally some one who understands the best inventions of all time.
- creams0da, on 09/25/2009, -2/+27sweet, now we can to make bullets out of it!
- Shitokki, on 09/25/2009, -3/+26Noooo, not at all. Big ole waste of time with all the other elements too. They served no real function whatsoever.
/s - magily11, on 09/25/2009, -0/+23*Finds chemistry workbooks and scribbles out asterisk*
- BlackCow, on 09/25/2009, -1/+24I would rather my tax dollars go to scientific advancement rather than the defense budget or lining the pockets of politicians.
- FormerBabby, on 09/25/2009, -2/+25These comments have made me lose my faith in humanity.
- Crimeodial, on 09/25/2009, -1/+24Then you don't know what an element is.
- FTWmovin2canada, on 09/25/2009, -0/+23http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability
- appleofdischord, on 09/25/2009, -0/+22Wake me up when we make Elerium-115.
- Frostek, on 09/25/2009, -0/+22I like to tell people I've been to countries that no longer exist...
- RealmDown, on 09/25/2009, -5/+27That's what she said.
- gh02t, on 09/25/2009, -0/+20Fusion can only occur with light isotopes.
A stable super heavy element would be useful for many different reasons. For one, it would be great at stopping particulate radiation. There are lots more.
Understanding the decay mechanisms and the nuclear mechanics of these super-heavy elements is an important way to confirm conjectures about the physics of the nucleus since they represent extreme boundaries of current theory. - TVarmy, on 09/25/2009, -2/+22You ever buy a $15 DVD player from Walmart, and then pick it up and it's light as can be? And then you think that it's a cheap piece of junk that will break after playing one movie? The product would be much or solid if crammed full of element 114.
- copypastry, on 09/26/2009, -0/+20Pants.
Superheavy pants. - Assassinanus, on 09/25/2009, -0/+19What sort of application would be suited for stable super heavy elements?
- Myztry, on 09/25/2009, -0/+18We do what we must because we can
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead
But there’s no sense crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive - ducksgoquak, on 09/25/2009, -0/+17Good morning.
- HolyShiite, on 09/25/2009, -0/+16http://digg.com/d3rNF
- RealmDown, on 09/25/2009, -0/+15It's your one way ticket to midnight · Call it Heavy Metal.
- Magniris, on 09/25/2009, -1/+16The article states that 'super-heavy' elements decay in a time shorter than the age of the Earth, ergo they don't exist naturally anymore. Doesn't mean they never did at one point though.
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- EeekiE, on 09/25/2009, -2/+15Science isn't a democracy.
You don't tell people what to 'science'.
These individuals are inspired by the fields they work in.
If it was decided by the public then America would be ***** because 40% of you deny natural history. - EeekiE, on 09/25/2009, -1/+14This is why it's good you don't have a say in the matter, because you're clueless.
The point isn't that they needed to make this new element, it's about discovering how it's done, how to synthesize new elements, the tools needed, the energies needed, the technologies needed, the spin-offs from it, the deeper understanding of nature that will allow others to exploit it better.
You kill the funding to your nerds, and you kill your future economy and importance in the world. - patm1987, on 09/25/2009, -0/+13The benefits are a more accurate nuclear model that could have many cross-discipline ramifications. These could include advances in nano-technology, help with refining string theory, or more efficient energy storage or generation techniques.
The two main points to take home is that a) they proved a theory plausible and b) they are now able to improve said theory.
disclaimer: I am not a scientist - siryourbrains, on 09/25/2009, -4/+16God damn ragheads and chinks won't know what hit 'em. YEEHAW!!
- KibibyteBrain, on 09/26/2009, -1/+13My globe includes a model of a turtle as its stand.
- B1665r, on 09/25/2009, -0/+11This is digg. No one actually read the article. They probably didn't even read the summary. Maybe they finished reading the title.
- CrudE, on 09/26/2009, -11/+22Why do you have to answer him like that? Not everyone knows everything about every topic posted. Learn some respect.
- EeekiE, on 09/25/2009, -1/+12Yes it is outrageous. It's fantastically outrageous.
But nature, and evidence doesn't give a ***** what you think, or HOW you think ;)
What happens to time when approaching the speed of light is also outrageous. How big the universe is is also outrageous.
Wake up, we live in a ***** cool place, that's why there are folks who are so obsessed with it, they create headlines that this Digg story is about.
We've come along way since the mundane bronze-age small simple world. - jerrolds, on 09/25/2009, -2/+13Then youre not really all for science...production of a new element? come on man...thats pretty important - itll ripple throughout everything
- diggydougie, on 09/26/2009, -4/+15I thought it was funny. And so did 31 of my closest friends.
- schnikies79, on 09/25/2009, -1/+11@johnomaz
It fits on the periodic table. It's an element. -
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