Like acerca de (near) and afuera de (outside), lo que is one of those word combinations that is probably best thought of a single word with a space in the middle. The newest lesson in our Real Spanish Grammar series explains the use of lo que as a pronoun meaning "what." As with other lessons in the series, I'd suggest that you try translating the opening paragraph before proceeding further.
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Mr Ehrichsen, what do you think of this?
Antognini and other colleagues in Europe and in the
United States [will] present this week in Science
a study indicating that a proton is smaller than
what it is believed to be.
The results confirm what this very same team
published in Nature in 2010:
“The proton appears to be 0.00000000000003 mm
smaller than what these researchers originally
thought.
Notes: ” [will] present ” : will present
I haven’t seen the use of the present tense for simple future in English. Perhaps it has fallen out of favor.
I do like your use of the progressive. It seems to me more apropos in this context.
Thanks.
— A Student