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What Holds the Nucleus Together?

Electrical forces bind the electron to the atom, but they cause nuclear particles to fly apart. The powerful cohesion of protons and neutrons must be explained by a wholly different phenomenon

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 189 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “What Holds the Nucleus Together?” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 189 No. 3 (), p. 58
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0953-58