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1. In physics, the elementary particles that make up the protons and neutrons that in turn make up the atomic nucleus. Quarks are the most basic known constituent of matter. (See antimatter.)

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No quarks have been seen in the laboratory because, according to current theory, they cannot exist as free particles.

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In this unusual state, individual quarks and gluons appear to move together as an exceptionally smooth fluid with almost no friction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

"In this soup of quark-gluon plasma, there are numerous quarks and gluons passing by and colliding with each other," Lee explains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

"When you have two quarks produced, the problem is that, when the two quarks go in opposite directions, the one quark overshadows the wake of the second quark," Lee says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

These states do not fit neatly into the conventional picture of particles built from quarks, the fundamental building blocks of matter.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

Then, as the universe expanded and cooled, the antiquarks would annihilate with the quarks, but since there would be more quarks than antiquarks, a small excess of quarks would remain.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking