Current and Next-Generation Features of the Symmetry-Adapted No-Core Shell Model

Exploiting exact and partial symmetries to unmask simplicity within complexity, which remains the ‘holy grail’ of nuclear structure physics, is considered within its historical context and as now being advanced through modern ab initio methods. Some results for light to medium mass nuclei are shown, as well as a possible path forward for consideration of even heavier nuclei is proffered.