Here are the proposed names for the 4 newest elements on the periodic table

Vox ^ | 8JUN2016 | Brian Resnick

[AdmSmith]

Nihonium, named after Japan (Nippon is a Japanese word for Japan), with an atomic number of 113. Its symbol is Nh.

Moscovium (Mc), element 115, named after the Russian capital city.

Tennessine (Ts), 117, named after — you guessed it — the state of Tennessee. ("Tennessine is in recognition of the contribution of the Tennessee region, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, to superheavy element research," the IUPAC states.)

And finally, 118 is oganesson (Og), which bears the name of Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian, who led several elemental discoveries. Nature reports this is only the second time an element has been named for a living scientist.

[discostu]

Some science is provided for by taxes. Not all. Science for science’s sake is generally tax funded, product oriented science is not. At this point the periodic table is “pure” science and mostly government, but if they actually get a tickle of something it’ll probably be taken to the next step by a corporation.

[Chode]

heh heh heh heh...

[Chode]

Unobtanium... 100%!!!

[Mycroft Holmes]

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http://www.ptable.com/

Incredibly useful and amusing.

[Jonty30]

That’s just a placeholder name until an official name could be decided.

[BroJoeK]

Fresh Wind: "What about “Obamaium”?"

Well, that's a start.
What we know is that these increasingly heavier elements are increasingly unstable, short-lived & dangerous to humans.
So they obviously should be named:

• 113 Democratium
• 114 Bernium
• 115 Kerrium
• 116 Clintonium
• 117 Obamium and most dangerous of all:
• 118 Hillarius'm

Isn't that obvious to everyone?
So we'd need to start a petition, probably a constitutional amendment...

;-)