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Strong nuclear force

Definition

Strong nuclear force

The fundamental force of nature that holds protons and neutrons together in the atomic nucleus.

Technology

Did a massive nuclear antenna make Michigan’s trees grow taller?

Regulars

Magnetic field

Physics

Exotic super magnets could shake up medicine, cosmology and computing

Features

Electromagnetic sphere

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Culture

Night sky

Space

The universe is 2.5 billion times less magnetic than a fridge magnet

News

InSight

Space

NASA’s InSight lander is using magnetism to search for water on Mars

News

A thunderstorm

Physics

Most powerful thunderstorm ever measured produced 1.3 billion volts

News

Flerov lab

Physics

Inside the Russian factory making the heaviest atoms in the universe

Features

A black hole emits a plasma jet

Space

Black holes eat negative energy and vomit out huge powerful jets

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green patterned light

Physics

The emptiness of space has a structure we could use to send messages

We could send messages by vibrating the structure of the vacuum of empty space - but they could only be read by a powerful laser that rips the vacuum apart

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Technology

Glass box of atomic vapour could work as a James-Bond-style spy radio

News

Physics

‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

News

Space

Hidden exoplanets could be revealed by echoing light

News

Physics

The forces that govern matter and light could be united at last

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