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Double magic for nickel nucleus

Tuesday February 15 by Claudia bourneBBC News Science
Physicists have made an atomic nucleus that contains a record eight more protons than neutrons. This makes the new nucleus, nickel-48, unstable and it self-destructs in a minute fraction of a second. Researchers say, however, its very existence allows them to observe a form of radioactive decay that has long been predicted but not yet seen.





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