Protons, the positively charged particles that help build every atom in our bodies, are starting to look less like classical billiard balls and more like quantum actors. A growing body of research now ...

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Graphic showing the transverse motion of a quark (green sphere) inside a proton whose spin is aligned to its direction of motion (large yellow arrow). Nuclear theorists at Brookhaven National ...

Nuclear theorists in the HadStruc Collaboration have been working on a mathematical description of the interactions of partons using supercomputers, including machines in Jefferson Lab's Data Center.

There’s a pencil lying on my desk right now. It’s not much to look at, but what if I could zoom way in and see the protons and other itty-bitty stuff inside it? My friend Ryan Corbin told me it would ...