Do quarks have an influence on the human body?

[seriously disabled]

We are often told that biology is only about chemical reactions but what about nuclear and sub-nuclear reactions?

 

Do quarks have any influence on the way our body works?

[kisai]

If you have a nuclear reaction going on within your body, you should either seek medical attention or the Incredible Hulk.

[swansont]

If you have a nuclear reaction going on within your body, you should either seek medical attention or the Incredible Hulk.

 

You have Potassium and Carbon (and other trace elements) undergoing nuclear decay in your body all the time. There's nothing you can do about it, and it does not require medical attention nor cause you to turn green and smash things.

[pavelcherepan]

Do quarks have any influence on the way our body works?

 

Quarks are normally colour-confined within hadrons and so under normal conditions can't really exist be seen in free state so I'd say no.

[jamieoverton727]

Quarks are particles that are not only hard to see, but pretty much impossible to measure. These teensy-tiny particles are the basis of subatomic particles called hadrons. With every discovery in this field of particle physics in the past 50 years, however, more questions arise about how quarks influence the universe's growth and ultimate fate.

[Phi for All]

Quarks are particles that are not only hard to see, but pretty much impossible to measure. These teensy-tiny particles are the basis of subatomic particles called hadrons. With every discovery in this field of particle physics in the past 50 years, however, more questions arise about how quarks influence the universe's growth and ultimate fate.

 

http://www.livescience.com/45344-facts-about-quarks.html

 

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