when is a strong force not a strong force? Answer: when it’s anywhere outside the atomic nucleus. That at least is the case with the strong nuclear force, one of four fundamental forces of ...

A new study demonstrates that these drastically different scales can be explained through calculations based on the strong nuclear force. The research also predicts that the atomic nucleus neon-30 ...

The electromagnetic force ensures the stability of atoms and makes chemistry happen. The strong nuclear force holds the kernels of matter, atomic nuclei, together, and powers the burning of stars.

Protons sit in the nuclei of all atoms, but they are not fundamental particles: They are made of three quarks held together ...