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Nuclear physics

Nuclear physics

ISOLDE reveals why mercury isotopes shape-shift from spheres to rugby balls

09 Oct 2018 Hamish Johnston
Mercury nuclei
Shape shift: adding just one neutron can transform a mercury nucleus from a sphere to a rugby ball. (Courtesy: Krystof Dockx)
A 40-year-old mystery of why mercury nuclei change shape dramatically has been solved by combining d

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