Huge Physics News: Neutron-Proton Mass Difference Found!

Our entire universe, from the tiniest atoms, to the structure of our experiential world, to the most massive galaxy clusters and the cosmic web, is dependent on a set of single properties, where small changes to these fundamental numbers would lead to a state where none of it could exist.  Understanding these fundamental numbers is the key to unlocking the deepest secrets of the universe and answering the biggest questions of our existence.  One of these numbers is the tiny difference in the masses of the proton and neutron.  If it varied even a little bit in either direction, we...