Flerovium and livermorium added to periodic table

LLNL : Yesterday the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry officially approved the names flerovium and livermorium for two new elements, 114 and 116, added to the periodic table last year . The names honor the contributions of scientists from two nuclear science labs, the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Russia and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US. With the creation of elements 114 and 116, the researchers believe they may be on their way to the “ ‘island of stability,’ an area of the periodic table in which new heavy elements would be stable or last long enough for applications to be found,” according to the press release.