Physics With Rare Isotopes

Currently, many major accelerator projects around the world, at different stages of construction and operation, aim to explore the physics of exotic nuclei. Scientific motivations for pursuing physics with rare isotope beams can be categorized under four groups:

1. Nuclear Astrophysics: Origin of new elements, rare isotopes powering stellar explosions, neutron star crust.
2. Nuclear Structure Physics: Exploring limits of nuclear stability, new shapes, and new collective behavior. 
3. Fundamental Symmetries: Use of rare isotopes as laboratories where symmetry violations are amplified.
4. Nuclear Applications: Materials, medical physics, reactors, :::

I will briefly explore a few of the recent developments in some of these areas. A comprehensive and necessarily much longer list is beyond the scope of this contribution.