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Two Newly Discovered Super Heavy Elements, Element 113 and Element 115.

Caption: Scientists from the Glenn T. Seaborg Institute and the Chemical Biology and Nuclear Science Division at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Russia (JINR), have discovered the two newest super heavy elements, element 113 and element 115.

Credit: Courtesy of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Illustration credit: Thomas Tegge, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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