by Darlene Cavalier | May 5, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
All matter is made from quarks and leptons The primary parts of the nucleus of the atom are the positively charged proton and the electrically neutral neutron. During the twentieth century it was discovered that there are literally hundreds of other particles—all...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 3, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
#8. Nuclear Energy Comes from the Conversion of Mass. The nucleus of the atom is a dense collection of particles that carries most of the mass of the atom. In nuclear reactions, some of this mass may be converted to energy via Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2 . The...
