During this same scene, the nerd’s white board contained the elements barium, zinc, and gallium.
Jo was watching an episode of Big Bang, when Sheldon let out his signature catchphrase “bazinga!”.
That’s when he decided to combine these elements into a new compound, and see if BaZnGa could somehow contribute to the greater world of science.
This news comes to us from Scientific American, which caught up with researchers Paul Canfield and Na Hyun Jo at Iowa State University, who are attempting to grow the material after watching The Bing Bang Theory.