How to Use particle physics in a Sentence

particle physics

noun
  • That got me into particle physics for a while.
    — Adam Frank, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The questions that particle physics asks are thousands of years old.
    — Florencia Canelli, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
  • There's a crisis in particle physics.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Beyond that, the main idea seems to be that this provides a new window on particle physics.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2018
  • Still, the moon collider could solve some of the big questions in particle physics.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 29 Dec. 2021
  • More than three decades later, particle physics once again finds itself at a crossroads.
    — Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2019
  • But even that tiny amount could profoundly shift the direction of particle physics.
    — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2021
  • In that respect, the book presents a very disturbing picture of particle physics.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Physicists know that the standard model of particle physics is not complete.
    — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Much of particle physics does not fit into this model, however.
    — Marcela Carena, Scientific American, 5 July 2022
  • Vitale said the findings could help researchers solve a number of open questions in the field of particle physics.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Magnetic monopoles may just help break the current logjam in particle physics.
    — Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Like, is there something analogous to the standard model for particle physics?
    — Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2022
  • On the other hand, there’s the Standard Model of particle physics.
    — Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Does knowing more trivia help someone build a better car or advance particle physics or write a more touching ballad?
    — Greg Jackson, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Ten thousand fault-tolerant qubits could begin to unlock new findings in particle physics.
    — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • While electricity plays a central role, lightning bolts are formed and shaped by the whole physics canon — from cosmic blasts to particle physics.
    — Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026
  • In my field of particle physics, scientific breakthroughs are often measured in decades, as opposed to years.
    — Mariangela Lisanti, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • In my field of particle physics, scientific breakthroughs are often measured in decades, as opposed to years.
    — Mariangela Lisanti, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In fact, most of us were outsiders to cosmology, doing our main work in the fields of particle physics and quantum-field theory.
    — Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2018
  • This has spurred the search for particles beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The Standard Model, the current best theory in particle physics, cannot do this.
    — The Economist, 13 Jan. 2018
  • And the discovery of the W and the Z bosons was one conclusion in the very long history of particle physics.
    — Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2019
  • In particle physics, data long outlives the detectors that generate it.
    — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Clearly, further progress toward the truth remains possible in particle physics.
    — Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2026
  • This mystery has sparked a search for candidate particles for dark matter beyond the standard model of particle physics.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Furthermore, from the perspective of particle physics, the vacuum of space is a complex object.
    — Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2020
  • The apparent breakdown of particle physics at this scale has inspired some dramatic theories.
    — Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But Thaler has since come to embrace it, applying machine learning to a variety of problems across particle physics.
    — Dan Garisto, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Tuesday December 13 has been a very exciting day for particle physics.
    — John Conway, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2011

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