nucleus

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The concept behind MultiQ-IT emerged from long-term research on how molecules move in and out of a cell's nucleus through structures known as nuclear pore complexes.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

All the matter around us -- including the protons and neutrons that make up the nucleus of atoms -- are made of baryons.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Traditionally, scientists believed the tin nucleus simply released neutrons to cool down, effectively losing any trace of the earlier beta decay event.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

As the nucleus grows heavier and more unstable, it eventually breaks down into lighter and more stable forms.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Their existence had been predicted in 1934 by Japanese physicist Hideki Yukawa, who speculated that they carried the force that binds the atomic nucleus together, counteracting the mutual electromagnetic repulsion of its positively charged protons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik