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Protons Aren't round

Posted by chrisd on from the go-figure dept.

drox writes "USA Today reports that protons are ovoid rather than spherical, as most of us learned in school." In related news, thousands of high school science labs have thrown out a bunch of little plastic balls.

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  1. How can it have shape? by therealmoose · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How can a proton have definate (or semi definate) shape? Shape can only be observed by sight (and protons are much smaller than the wavelength of light and don't just bounce high energy electo-magentic radiation), or by collision. Protons do not collide in the normal way, they either repulse like-charged particles by the electroweak force or attract them. So, how can the shape have any meaning?