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What is the strong force?
Reference The strong force is one of the four fundamental forces of nature. Learn how it fits into the Standard Model of particle physics.
Elemental Shift: Periodic Table Gets Weight Changes
Ten elements that help make up the universe, including carbon, are getting their very atomic weights altered.
Large Hadron Collider breaks new record only days after it reopens
It only took the LHC days to break its own record after it reopened.
Scientists create weird pumpkin-shaped nucleus that vanishes in nanoseconds
A newly created isotope of the silvery metal lutetium has a strange squashed nucleus and a half-life of just a few hundred nanoseconds.
If the universe is a giant computer simulation, here's how many bits would be required to run it
A trippy new estimate calculates the total number of bits in the visible universe
Stars made of antimatter could exist in the Milky Way
Astronomers try to solve the mystery of antihelium by searching for antistars.
Future 'Flash' Radiation Therapy Could Treat Cancer in Milliseconds
An emerging cancer therapy could someday shorten the time patients spend in treatment and improve their overall outcomes.
There's a Giant Mystery Hiding Inside Every Atom in the Universe
No one really knows what happens inside an atom.
