Higgs accounts for less than 2% of mass while strong force does the rest, study confirms
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Scientists have solved a decades-long puzzle by confirming that the Nobel Prize-winning Higgs mechanism accounts for less than 2% of proton and neutron mass, while the strong nuclear force generates the remaining 98%. Through analysis of 30 years of experimental data, researchers demonstrated that nearly massless quarks become "dressed" with gluon clouds, transforming into much heavier particles that create visible matter's mass.
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