| The Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI, Institute for Heavy Ion Research) in the Wixhausen section of Darmstadt, Germany is a federally funded heavy ion research center. |
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| The laboratory performs basic and applied research in physics and related natural science disciplines. Main fields of study include plasma physics, atomic physics, nuclear structure research and medical research. |
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| The lab has discovered the following elements;
Meitnerium
(1982),
Hassium
(1984),
Darmstadtium
(1994),
Roentgenium
(1994),
Ununbium
(1996). |
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