Protons are far from simple particles — they are swirling cauldrons of quarks, gluons, and quantum entanglement. Scientists ...

Because the mass of a proton is equivalent to a neutron, the relative mass of an atom is the same as its nucleon (mass) number. Neutrons have no charge. Protons are positively charged. So the ...

Particle detectors play a crucial role in our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the universe. They allow ...

Researchers have discovered that superconducting nanowire photon detectors (SNSPDs), originally designed for detecting photons, can also accurately detect high-energy protons. This unexpected finding ...

As they studied atomic disintegration, they kept seeing that the atomic number (number of protons in the nucleus, equivalent to the positive charge of the atom) was less than the atomic mass ...