Measurements of the energy levels of unstable superheavy nuclei are beginning to afford distant vistas of a promised land — 'the island of stability' beyond the bounds of the conventional periodic table.
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Stoyer, M. Island ahoy!. Nature 442, 876–877 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/442876a
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