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![8pi spectrometer in TRIUMF Lab.](http://media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-019-03006-4/d41586-019-03006-4_17257410.jpg)
Data collected by the 8π spectrometer (pictured) at the TRIUMF particle-accelerator centre in Vancouver, Canada, suggest that some cadmium nuclei can take on shapes similar to those of rugby balls. Credit: TRIUMF
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Nature 574, 299 (2019)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03006-4