"The new elements were created in an accelerator by hurtling calcium together with curium (forming Element 116) and plutonium (forming Element 114). The Joint Working Party (JWP) reviewed the scientific evidence supporting claims of discovery for several heavy elements, but only these two made the cut. Two groups of scientists now get the credit: the “Dubna-Livermore collaboration” from Russia and California.
The two elements-to-be-named-later are currently going by the uninspired monikers of ununquadium and ununhexium."
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