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Nuclear physics

Nuclear physics

Heaviest element could have fascinating atomic and nuclear spectra

12 Feb 2018
A stamp issued in 2017 by Armenia post honours the discovery of oganesson by Yuri Oganessian and colleagues
Superheavy discovery: oganesson is named after the Russian-Armenian physicist Yuri Oganessian
In 2002, a team of Russian and American scientists created the first ever atom of oganesson, which

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