In nuclear physics, "magic numbers" identify specific numbers of protons or neutrons that lead to especially stable nuclei.

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Physicists have discovered that silicon-22 reveals a new proton magic number offering critical insights into nuclear ...

Magic numbers" in nuclear physics identify specific numbers of protons or neutrons that lead to especially stable nuclei.

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The Zurich team used five stable, singly-charged calcium isotopes, each with 20 protons but varying from 20 to 28 neutrons.

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Nearly a decade ago, a detector searching for ghostly cosmic particles found two anomalous signals in Antarctic ice. But scientists haven’t been able to find anything similar.

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