Researchers have been working for decades to understand the architecture of the subatomic world. One of the knottier questions has been where the proton gets its intrinsic angular momentum, otherwise ...

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

In recent years, there have been attempts to describe the inside of a proton using quantum information tools, with partial ...

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 ...

British philosopher Bertrand Russell said of the difference between our physical world experience and the scientific world of continually changing matter, “There is … some conflict between what common ...

In the higher energy picture, composite protons and neutrons (composed of quarks and gluons) interact through quantum chromodynamics (QCD). This residual interaction is the strong nuclear force.

Earth’s magnetic field, generated by movements within its molten iron core, serves as a protective shield against solar winds ...

Researchers have been working for decades to understand the architecture of the subatomic world. One of the knottier ...