What Particles Remain to be Discovered?
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The Fundamental Building Blocks of Everything
The fundamental building blocks of everything, as far as we know. The first one to be discovered was am - protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus. Then there are glue ones which stick, stick the proton and neutrons together. And then they play together by exchanging bosons, particles which carry force. There's two meanings for bozon: One is a particle that doesn't break down but will not break down any time soon if it stays at this level.
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