For the first time, quarks and gluons were used to describe properties of atomic nuclei, which until now had been explained by the existence of protons and neutrons. The temporary pair of correlated ...

Protons are tiny particles just a femtometer across, but without them, atoms wouldn't exist. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. For the first time, physicists peer inside the ...

The artificial cell nucleus (right) constructed using the purified DNA was morphologically very similar to the natural cell nucleus derived from an egg (left). A team led by Professor Kazuo Yamagata ...

In an era where the U.S. healthcare system spends $4.5T annually yet faces systemic failures, with life expectancy plummeting to a three-decade low and chronic disease rates at an all-time high, the ...

The story of Kian Sadeghi and his upstart genetic testing firm, Nucleus, began with tragedy. The 25-year-old entrepreneur, the son of a refugee from the Iranian regime, had a cousin who died in her ...

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...