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Bohrium

In 1981, German scientists discovered the missing 107^th element of the periodic table. Originally, the name "Neilsbohrium" (symbol Ns) was proposed for this synthetic element in honour of the Danish physicist, Neils Bohr. However, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) decided to shorten the name to "bohrium."

Like seaborgium and hassium, its neighbours, bohrium has no industrial or commercial use due to its extremely short half-life. Few atoms have ever been made, but if enough were found in one area, bohrium would constitute a radiation hazard.