Science Made Simple: What Are Protons?
Protons are positively charged subatomic particles found in every atomic nucleus, determining atomic and baryon numbers. Also referred to as nucleons or hadrons, they consist…
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Protons – Neutrino Experiment Delivers Groundbreaking Results
The MINERvA experiment at Fermilab, utilizing the NuMI beam, has made the first precise depiction of a proton using neutrinos instead of light as the…
Inside the Enigmatic Proton: A Tale of Differing Mass and Size Measurements
“Charming” Experiment Finds Gluon Mass in the Proton Experimental determination of the proton’s gluonic gravitational form factors may have revealed part of proton’s hidden mass….
Astral Alchemy: Researchers Synthesize Mysterious Exotic Baryon
Scientists at Osaka University were part of a particle accelerator experiment that produced an exotic and highly unstable particle, and determined its mass. This could…
“Ghostly” Neutrinos Provide Groundbreaking New Way To Investigate the Structure of Protons
Scientists have discovered a new way to investigate the structure of protons using neutrinos, known as ‘ghost particles.’ Neutrinos are one of the most abundant…
Physicists Baffled by Proton Structure Anomaly
Precision measurement of how a proton’s structure deforms in an electric field has revealed new details about an unexplained spike in proton data. Nuclear physicists…
Physicists Discover Unexpected Mirror Nuclei Pairings
Physicists peer into mirror nuclei. The atomic nucleus is a busy place. Its protons and neutrons periodically collide and fly apart with high momentum before…
“Visualizing the Proton” – Physicists’ Innovative Animation Depicts the Subatomic World in a New Way
An art-science collaboration tests the limits of visual technologies. Try to picture a proton — the tiny, positively charged particle within an atomic nucleus —…
New Pumpkin-Shaped Atomic Nucleus Radiates Protons at Record-Setting Rate
A new atomic nucleus 149-Lutetium, consisting of 71 protons and 78 neutrons, has been synthesized in an experiment performed in the Accelerator Laboratory of University…
A ‘Mirror’ to Protons and Neutrons Allows Scientists To Study the Particles That Build Our Universe
Experiment exploring mirror nuclei opens the door to new details about the internal structures of protons and neutrons To understand more about the particles that…
Interior of Protons Exhibit Maximum Quantum Entanglement – May Share Common Physics With Black Holes
Fragments of the interior of a proton have been shown by scientists from Mexico and Poland to exhibit maximum quantum entanglement. The discovery, already confronted…
Laser Flashes for Cancer Research – Milestone in Proton Irradiation Achieved
Irradiation with fast protons is a more effective and less invasive cancer treatment than X-rays. However, modern proton therapy requires large particle accelerators, which has…
Physics Surprise: Protons Are Probably Actually Smaller Than Long Thought
Study by the University of Bonn and the TU Darmstadt suggests errors in the interpretation of older measurements. A few years ago, a novel measurement…
Large Hadron Collider: New Insight Into the Internal Structure of the Proton
While the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is well known for smashing protons together, it is actually the quarks and gluons inside the protons – collectively…
Are Protons Smaller Than We Thought? New Measurement Helps Resolve Mystery.
Scientists measure precise proton radius to help resolve decade-old puzzle, resulting in York University research that confirms protons are smaller than expected. York University researchers…
Nucleons in a Dense Nucleus Exceed 25 Percent of the Speed of Light
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne and Thomas Jefferson National Laboratories have demonstrated that a quarter of the nucleons in a dense nucleus…
