{"id":3926316,"date":"2026-06-04T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/quantum-shell-structure-reveals-new-rule-for-proton-neutron-pairing-inside-nuclei\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:00:44","slug":"quantum-shell-structure-reveals-new-rule-for-proton-neutron-pairing-inside-nuclei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/quantum-shell-structure-reveals-new-rule-for-proton-neutron-pairing-inside-nuclei\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum shell structure reveals new rule for proton-neutron pairing inside nuclei"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Nuclear physicists used a little magic in their latest experiment conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy&#8217;s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, and the result has revealed surprising new information about the behavior of protons and neutrons inside the atom&#8217;s nucleus. Specifically, the research revealed another requirement that determines how protons and neutrons pair up.<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-06-quantum-shell-reveals-proton-neutron.html\" target=\"_blank\">Go to Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nuclear physicists used a little magic in their latest experiment conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy&#8217;s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, and the result has revealed surprising new information about the behavior of protons and neutrons inside the atom&#8217;s nucleus. Specifically, the research revealed another requirement that determines how protons and neutrons pair up. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3926316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-in-physics","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3926316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3926316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3926316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3926316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}