JAPAN-SCIENCE-CHEMISTRY

Kosuke Morita, the leader of the Riken team, attends a press conference in Wako, Saitama prefecture on December 31, 2015. A Japanese research team has received naming rights for new atomic element 113, the first on the periodic chart to be named by Asian scientists, the team's institute said December 31. Japan's Riken Institute said a team led by Kosuke Morita was awarded the rights from global scientific bodies -- the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) -- after successfully creating the new synthetic element three times from 2004 to 2012. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)