It’s pretty common to hear the phrase “opposites attract,” and it certainly applies to stuff within the atom. After all, the electrons and protons do possess opposing charges. But there are neutrons in the nucleus, too, and they’re pretty much chummy with the protons in there. What’s stopping them from just going their own ways?
Related Posts
Iron nanoparticles can help treat contaminated water – our team of scientists created them out of expired supplements
Scientists used pharmaceutical waste to create a new material with interesting properties. Mitrija/iStock via Getty Images Ahmed Ibrahim…
Nobel-winning quantum weirdness undergirds an emerging high-tech industry, promising better ways of encrypting communications and imaging your body
Devices like this experimental apparatus can produce pairs of photons that are linked, or ‘entangled’. Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S.…
The Number 37.
When asked to pick a random number between 1 and 100, people tend to select the number 37…
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 Awarded for Quantum Dot Discovery
(Hero image: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach) The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 has been conferred…