Researchers at the Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) have succeeded in producing and measuring the production rates of 15 new neutron-rich isotopes never before produced in a laboratory setting. Several of these new, rare isotopes were produced at significantly higher-than-expected rates. The result suggests the existence of a new "island of inversion," a region of isotopes with enhanced stability in a sea of mostly fleeting and unstable nuclei at the edge of the nuclear map.
How do unstable nuclei form?
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