Flerovium and livermorium. Prime names for really ugly babies -- or, equivalently, new elements on the periodic table. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry opted for the latter last week, baptizing elements 114 and 116 just about six months after they were first ratified. Back in June, as you may recall, Russia's Joint tenet for Nuclear probing act flerovium and muscovium as names for the two ultraheavy elements, while deferring to the IUPAC for final say on the matter. At the time, the sisterhood said it would likely accept any name, as long as "it's not commodity too weird." Flerovium (Fl), named after Soviet nuclear physicist Georgiy Flerov, evidently passed that litmus test. Muscovium, sadly, did not. Instead, slot 116 will belong to livermorium (Lv), named after California's Lawrence Livermore subject Laboratory, which collaborated on the find of the element, back in 2000.



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collaboration technologystay in touch with anyone that has occurred between scientists at these two locations." The nomenclature isn't entirely set in stone, however, as the two names must first endure a five-month public comment period before appearing in chemistry textbooks.