Physicists find atomic nucleus with a ‘bubble’ in the middle

Silicon-34’s core has proton shortage in its center

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BUBBLING UP  Scientists have found bubbles in a medium very different from these oxygen bubbles — an atomic nucleus. The researchers found that silicon-34 has a “bubble nucleus” with few protons in its center.

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Scientists have found the first experimental evidence that an atomic nucleus can harbor bubbles.