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April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online An international group of researchers, led by the University of Granada, has measured the effects of layers on super-heavy elements, providing useful data on the nuclear structure of these as yet undiscovered elements in nature. The results, reported in Science, might prove useful in locating the "Island of Stability." The team measured the isotopes of nobelium (No) and lawrencium (Lr) using a particle accelerator at the GSI...