<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/link-2025-06-frib-researchers-use-sun-to-shine-light-on-exotic-nuclear-shapes.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>FRIB researchers use SuN to shine light on exotic nuclear shapes</title><description><span>A team of researchers at the </span><span>Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)</span><span> discovered that cobalt-70 isotopes form different nuclear shapes when their energy levels differ only slightly. </span></description><pubDate>06/10/2025</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/06-FRIB.png" alt="Molecules with a microscope"/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://frib.msu.edu/news-center/news/frib-researchers-use-sun-shine-light-exotic-nuclear-shapes</externalNewsArticleLink><categories>Discovery Science</categories><broadcast>chemistry,pa</broadcast></item>