(5 programmes)
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The Next Particle
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Available since Fri, 12 Sep 2008.
5/5. A symmetric partner to all the known particles could provide the key to understanding them
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The Neutrino
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Available since Thu, 11 Sep 2008.
4/5. The most common particle in the universe continuously passes through each of us.
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The Antiparticle
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Available since Thu, 11 Sep 2008.
3/5. Every particle has an antiparticle. Should the two combine, the result is annihilation.
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The Quark
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Available since Tue, 9 Sep 2008.
2/5. Quarks comprise virtually all visible material, but why do we know so little about them?
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The Electron
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Available since Mon, 8 Sep 2008.
1/5. Physicist JJ Thompson's experiments with electric currents showed that atoms are divisible

