Tel Aviv University: Physicists solve 35-year-old mystery about quarks Naftali Hirschl, PhD. Allgemein, Israel & Diaspora 28.03.2019 2 Minutes Quarks, the smallest particles in the universe, are far smaller and operate at much higher energy levels than the protons and neutrons in which they are found. In 1983, physicists at CERN, as part of the European Muon Collaboration (EMC), o... Please register here, or login below. Username or E-mail Password Remember Me Forgot Password Published by Naftali Hirschl, PhD. View all posts by Naftali Hirschl, PhD. Published 28.03.2019