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Isotope science to have wide-ranging impact, NSCL researcher says

Nuclear science -- and a host of other endeavors that involve the production, study and use of rare isotopes -- is undergoing a quiet but dramatic revolution. That's the conclusion of Brad Sherrill, professor of physics at Michigan State University, who says that the relatively new ability to create novel forms of atomic nuclei may be one of the great, underappreciated transformations in the physical sciences today. Sherrill is based at MSU's National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL).

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