nucleus

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"Targeting the brain with drugs is tricky because they act on the entire brain and not a selected region such as the parafacial nucleus," says Paton.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 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

According to Grzywacz, the nucleus begins in an excited state and must release energy to stabilize.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Along this pathway across the nuclide chart, a common sequence involves beta decay of the parent nucleus followed by the release of two neutrons.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

The nucleus of an atom is tiny–only one millionth of a billionth of the full volume of the atom–but fantastically dense, since it contains virtually all the atom’s mass.

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