"Nihonium" discoverers hope for greater interest in science

"Nihonium" discoverers hope for greater interest in science

Kyushu University professor Kosuke Morita (L), head of a team of researchers who discovered element 113, and science minister Hiroshi Hase, point at the superheavy synthetic element on a periodic table at a press conference at the Riken institute's research center in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo on June 9, 2016. The scientists plan to name it "nihonium" as "Nihon" means Japan in Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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