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March 2010
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fundamental forces

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It is extraordinary to think that the diversity of the world we live in is based on a handful of elementary particles and a few fundamental forces. Peter Kalmus describes the combination of experimental and theoretical physics that has brought us to the understanding of today.

Tags: symmetry : superstring theory : electromagnetism : standard model : quantum gravity : fundamental forces : quantum chromodynamics : supersymmetry


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The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded.

Tags: Nobel prize : particle physics : Big Bang : symmetry : higgs boson : higgs : Higgs field : fundamental forces : elementary particle


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The world's biggest physics experiment is due to start

Tags: gravity : particle physics : string theory : quantum mechanics : general relativity : higgs boson : higgs : CERN : LHC : particle collider : Higgs field : fundamental forces : elementary particle