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Jun 6, 2020

Cracking open the proton

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, supercomputing

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Physicists around the world are cracking open the proton, within the nucleus of the atom, to see what’s inside.

The proton is a fundamental building block of the atomic nucleus, and among other things it’s used as a medical probe in magnetic resonance imaging. It also has a rich inner structure made up of subatomic particles called quarks and gluons, which bind the quarks together.

Scientists are running a unique experiment involving the world’s largest particle physics laboratory and the world’s fastest university supercomputer to see and understand the dynamic world inside the proton.

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