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# Can a Particle Be Neither Matter Nor Force?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pbs-space-time/episode/can-a-particle-be-neither-matter-nor-force-avyijd/
- Published: 2024-07-16T15:45:33.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T13:47:01.000Z
- Description: All particles belong to two large groups: fermions and bosons.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS Space Time, Season 10, Episode 14, #ZZZ_Episode_7d20628e-7ed1-4ac9-860f-69558b65d042, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_ae70f836-13b6-4c9d-b61f-99f7b8bc29eb, #v1.16

All particles belong to two large groups: fermions like protons and electrons make everything we consider "matter", while bosons like photons and gluons transmit the fundamental forces. And that about covers the universe: matter moving through space and time under the action of forces. But what if we could create particles in between these two possibilities. Physics says these neither matter nor f