Fundamental interactions are how the elementary particles interact with one another. These interactions cannot be explained in terms of anything else, and all are non-contact forces. There are four known fundamental interactions: electromagnetism, strong interaction ("strong nuclear force"), weak interaction ("weak nuclear force") and gravitation. These interactions are mediated by gauge bosons.

Physicists working to unify the weak and electromagnetic interactions won a Nobel prize in 1979 for their work.

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