'''Supersymmetry''' (or '''SUSY''') is a theory of particle physics, originally proposed in 1973 by Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino, that hypothesizes a broken symmetry between the families of elementary particles known as [[Bosons]] and [[Fermions]]. Supersymmetry predicts that every fundamental fermion has a bosonic superpartner, and every fundamental boson has a fermionic superpartner. None of these particles has ever been observed and there is no direct evidence for them. In 2008, the [[Large Hadron Collider]] at CERN will offer the best chance to detect these new particles predicted by supersymmetry. | '''Supersymmetry''' (or '''SUSY''') is a theory of particle physics, originally proposed in 1973 by Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino, that hypothesizes a broken symmetry between the families of elementary particles known as [[Bosons]] and [[Fermions]]. Supersymmetry predicts that every fundamental fermion has a bosonic superpartner, and every fundamental boson has a fermionic superpartner. None of these particles has ever been observed and there is no direct evidence for them. In 2008, the [[Large Hadron Collider]] at CERN will offer the best chance to detect these new particles predicted by supersymmetry. |