Atomic element 113 officially named "nihonium"

Atomic element 113 officially named "nihonium"

Kyushu University Professor Kosuke Morita (C), head of a team of researchers who created the atomic element 113, points to the "nihonium" on a periodic table during a press conference in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Dec. 1, 2016. An international body approved the team's proposed name for the element, in the first case in which scientists from an Asian country have named an atomic element. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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    Kyushu University Professor Kosuke Morita (C), head of a team of researchers who created the atomic element 113, holds up the name of the element "nihonium" during a press conference in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Dec. 1, 2016. An international body approved the team's proposed name for the element, in the first case in which scientists from an Asian country have named an atomic element. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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      Kyushu University Professor Kosuke Morita (L), head of a team of researchers who created the atomic element 113, holds up the name of the element "nihonium" during a press conference in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Dec. 1, 2016. An international body approved the team's proposed name for the element, in the first case in which scientists from an Asian country have named an atomic element. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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        Atomic element 113 officially named "nihonium"

        Kyushu University Professor Kosuke Morita (L), head of a team of researchers who created the atomic element 113, holds up the name of the element "nihonium" during a press conference in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Dec. 1, 2016. An international body approved the team's proposed name for the element, in the first case in which scientists from an Asian country have named an atomic element. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
          Atomic element 113 officially named "nihonium"

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          Kyushu University Professor Kosuke Morita, head of a team of researchers who created the atomic element 113, attends a press conference in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Dec. 1, 2016. The team's proposed name for the element "nihonium," with "Nihon" meaning Japan, has been officially approved by an international body, marking the first case in which scientists from an Asian country have named an atomic element. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
            Atomic element 113 officially named "nihonium"

            Atomic element 113 officially named "nihonium"

            Kyushu University Professor Kosuke Morita, head of a team of researchers who created the atomic element 113, attends a press conference in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Dec. 1, 2016. The team's proposed name for the element "nihonium," with "Nihon" meaning Japan, has been officially approved by an international body, marking the first case in which scientists from an Asian country have named an atomic element. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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              "Nihonium" discoverers hope for greater interest in science

              Kyushu University professor Kosuke Morita, head of a team of scientists who discovered element 113, points to 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. They plan to name it "nihonium" as "Nihon" means Japan in Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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                Element 113, a superheavy synthetic element discovered by Japanese scientists, is being pointed out 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. They plan to name it "nihonium" as "Nihon" means Japan in Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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                  Kyushu University professor Kosuke Morita, who led a team of scientists in the discovery of element 113, speaks at a press conference at the Riken institute's research center in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo on June 9, 2016. Morita voiced hope the addition of what the scientists plan to name "nihonium," with "Nihon" meaning Japan in Japanese, to the periodic table will help nurture young people's interest in science. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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                    "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
                      Japan scientists plan to name atomic element 113 "Nihonium"

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                      Photo taken June 8, 2016, at Fukuoka Airport in southwestern Japan shows Kyushu University professor Kosuke Morita, head of a team of researchers at the Riken Institute which secured the naming rights for the atomic element 113. It plans to name it "Nihonium." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo