Scientists from the Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Germany, led by Professor Sigurd Hofmann, discovered copernicium in fusion experiments in 1996.

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After hours of producing PowerPoint presentations for his job as a hospice-care salesman in Malden, Massachusetts, Sigurd Persson, 54, likes to blow off some steam.

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