First Measurement of Distribution of Pressure Inside a Proton (phys.org)

Okian Warrior shares a report from Phys.Org: Inside every proton in every atom in the universe is a pressure cooker environment that surpasses the atom-crushing heart of a neutron star. That's according to the first measurement of a mechanical property of subatomic particles, the pressure distribution inside the proton, which was carried out by scientists at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The nuclear physicists found that the proton's building blocks, the quarks, are subjected to a pressure of 100 decillion Pascal (1035) near the center of a proton, which is about 10 times greater than the pressure in the heart of a neutron star. The result was recently published in the journal Nature.

Comments

Re:Is there energy to be had here?

[LordHighExecutioner]

If there is, it will be taxed.

Re:How much teen angst is that?

[maroberts]

And where is there a safe space for those poor quarks?

(Also, BeauHD, you shmuck: It's 10^35, or write 10e35, not 1035).

I'm sure Quarks will be safe on DS9

Re:Is there energy to be had here?

[Anonymous Coward]

So if we found a cheap source of antiprotons ...

Start an Internet campaign that protons are racists. You'll have more antiprotons than you know what to do with.