Ninov, an established nuclear physicist, along with 14 collaborators, claimed in 1999 to have spotted nuclei of elements 116 and 118 in a shower of high-energy particle collisions.

• 资深的核子物理学者尼诺夫与14位合作者于1999年宣称，他们在一堆高能粒子对撞事件中找到了116及118号元素的原子核。