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The element Fermium was discovered in 1952, among the products formed during the first hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific Ocean. However, because the hydrogen bomb was a secret under President Truman’s administration, researchers were not allowed to publish their discovery of this new element for three years.
Fermium hasn’t yet been produced in sufficient quantities for us to find out much about it, and at the moment is only used in research, although some scientists predict it may have future uses in medicine.
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