nuclear force

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In five years, China’s nuclear force has tripled to 600 warheads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

This is essentially a tension in the model where something doesn't add up when examining the nuclear force that binds together protons, neutrons and other particles.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2024

A few have also pursued the axion, a nearly massless particle originally proposed to solve a different problem with the theory of the strong nuclear force.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

However, the weak nuclear force is exceptionally difficult to study as it is overshadowed by the much greater effects of the strong nuclear and electromagnetic forces.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

To explain what kept atoms together, other forces were needed, and in the 1930s two were discovered: the strong nuclear force and weak nuclear force.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson