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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107020619im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) Discovery Nuclear Scientists Explore the Core of Existence
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![Photo of Matt Johnson, NSCL staff engineer, inspecting a 45-degree dipole magnet](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107020619im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/nuclear_scientist1_f1.jpg) |
Matt Johnson, staff enginer at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL), inspects a 45-degree dipole magnet. The magnet, used to turn and separate nuclei, was installed in 2007, enabling researchers to continue pursuing exotic nuclei at the edge of existence.
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![Picture from the NSCL experimenters' logbook used to create three super-heavy isotopes.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107020619im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/nuclear_scientist2_f.jpg) |
Picture from the NSCL experimenters' logbook used by the researchers when they created three super-heavy isotopes of magnesium and aluminum. The scrawled note, "Let the celebrations begin!" reflects the researchers excitement at the discovery.
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![Photo showing a closeup of the exposed guts of the NSCL K500 cyclotron](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107020619im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/nuclear_scientist3_f.jpg) |
This is a closeup of the exposed guts of the NSCL K500 cyclotron, the world's first superconducting cyclotron.
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