Three atoms of element 118 produced by the reaction Cf-249 with Ca-48 have provided the evidence of the new element Uuo with a half-life of a 1 millisec. Published in Phys. Rev. C, 2006, 74, 044602. Lars Persson Slånbärsv 11A 19334 Sigtuna 08-568 219 26 0708-297100