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NEW YORK — They exist for only seconds at most in real life, but they’ve gained immortality in chemistry: Two new elements have been added to the periodic table. They’re called elements 114 and 116 — permanent names and symbols will be chosen later. They are short-lived: Atoms of 114 disintegrate within a few seconds, while 116 disappears in a fraction of a second, scientists said. Both were discovered by a collaboration of scientists from Livermore national lab and Russia. They made them by smashing calcium ions into atoms of plutonium or curium.
