Element 117
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State commends tennessine discoverers
On March 27, Tennessee state Sen. Ken Yager presented a resolution commending physicists from Vanderbilt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville for discovering a new element and naming it tennessine. Read MoreMar 29, 2017
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Congressman Cooper honors Hamilton and Ramayya for superheavy element discovery
U.S. Representative Jim Cooper honored nuclear physicists Joe Hamilton and A.V. Ramayya Aug. 12 for their role in the discovery of the new superheavy element 117 that has been provisionally named Tennessine. Read MoreAug 13, 2016