Boarding school became an island of stability in my sea of volatility.

Large isotopes with magic numbers of nucleons are said to exist in an island of stability.

In general, the half-life becomes shorter as atomic number increases, though an island of stability may exist for undiscovered isotopes with certain numbers of protons and neutrons.

The half-lives of nuclei in the island of stability itself are unknown since none of the isotopes that would be on the island have been observed.

An extensive study of alpha decay of superheavy nuclei was performed during the last decade, as a consequence of identifying new elements of the island of stability.