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C. CHANG http://www.sciencenews.org | November 20, 2021 19 an outbreak. In these events, schools host mass testing days; all stu ...

T. TIBBITTS 20 SCIENCE NEWS | November 20, 2021 FROM TOP: FRIB; T. TIBBITTS FEATURE I nscribed on an Italian family’s 15th centu ...

http://www.sciencenews.org | November 20, 2021 21 FROM TOP: FRIB; T. TIBBITTS T. TIBBITTS Lithium-11 is just one example of what ...

CHART: FRIB; NUCLEI: T. TIBBITTS 22 SCIENCE NEWS | November 20, 2021 T. TIBBITTS FEATURE | IN SEARCH OF EXTREME NUCLEI Up to spe ...

Nucleus possibilities Unstable magnesium-40 has a nucleus packed with many more neu- trons (blue) than the more common, stable m ...

Nuclear physics goes extreme in supernovas (computer simulation shown below) and similar environments. New elements and exotic i ...

http://www.sciencenews.org | November 20, 2021 25 Icing on the cake Along with studying atomic nuclei at extremes and exploring ...

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http://www.sciencenews.org | November 20, 2021 1 FROM TOP: JON CHERRY/GETTY IMAGES; GUILLERMO BLANCO; JPL-CALTECH/NASA VOL. 200 ...

2 SCIENCE NEWS | November 20, 2021 Many writers and editors at Science News have advanced degrees in the sciences. I am not one ...