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String theory argues that the fundamental particles that make up matter are themselves made of vibrating strings of energy.
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Zachary Slepian, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
The gravitational pressure could be so extreme as to crush neutrons into their building blocks, which are fundamental particles called quarks and the gluons that ordinarily bind quarks together to form protons and neutrons.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Because the energy released in Hawking radiation doesn’t favor one type of particle over another, the final burst would include all 17 fundamental particles in the Standard Model, our benchmark model explaining the cosmos.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
Physics students learn about the basic stuff of reality—space and time, energy and matter—and are told that all other scientific disciplines must reduce back down to the fundamental particles and laws that physics has generated.
—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
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Zachary Slepian, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
The gravitational pressure could be so extreme as to crush neutrons into their building blocks, which are fundamental particles called quarks and the gluons that ordinarily bind quarks together to form protons and neutrons.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Because the energy released in Hawking radiation doesn’t favor one type of particle over another, the final burst would include all 17 fundamental particles in the Standard Model, our benchmark model explaining the cosmos.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
Physics students learn about the basic stuff of reality—space and time, energy and matter—and are told that all other scientific disciplines must reduce back down to the fundamental particles and laws that physics has generated.
—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Fundamental particle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fundamental%20particle. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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