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A peculiar atom shakes up assumptions of nuclear structure
![visualisation of the Bohr model of an atom. At the centre is the tightly packed nucleus, composed of protons and neutrons.](http://media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-019-02655-9/d41586-019-02655-9_17137232.jpg)
Atomic nuclei (artist’s impression) contain both protons and neutrons. A newly reported isotope offers the hope of testing fundamental principles of nuclear structure. Credit: Mark Garlick/SPL
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Nature 573, 167 (2019)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02655-9