This element wasn't even named until roughly 200 trillion half-lives had passed after the birth and death of the original atom. This week's element is meitnerium, which has the atomic symbol, Mt, and ...
Word origin: Meitnerium is named for scientist Lise Meitner. Discovery: The element was discovered in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1982 at Heavy Ion Laboratory. The team of Peter Armbruster and Gottfried ...