The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

Graphic showing the transverse motion of a quark (green sphere) inside a proton whose spin is aligned to its direction of motion (large yellow arrow). Nuclear theorists at Brookhaven National ...

AMES, Iowa – John Lajoie, surrounded in his office by Star Trek posters and a few space hero action figures, recently made the case for nuclear physics research and the multi-million-dollar ...

In the world of nuclear physics, protons often take the spotlight. But now, for the first time, the neutron has stepped into it. A recent experiment using the U.S. Department of Energy’s Jefferson Lab ...

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of a lysozyme crystal. Credit: Dr. Shira Yochelis and Naama Goren at HUJI Nano center Protons are the basis of bioenergetics. The ability to move them through ...

Researchers working with data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have developed a new understanding of how ...

An experiment more than 10 years in the making has delivered its first glimpse of the hurricane of particles whirring inside ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...