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

Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @10:00PM from the under-pressure dept.

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.

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to quote marty by sad_ · 2018-05-16 22:53 · Score: 3, Insightful

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On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
Re: Then why did WTC7 collapse? by richy+freeway · 2018-05-17 00:09 · Score: 1, Insightful

The real question here is : Who gives a fuck?
That shit happened 17 years ago. Move on already.