Particle physicists in Czech Republic are curious and keen on discovering of all beauties and secrets of the microworld - pretty much like their colleagues all over the macroworld. There are teams of tens Czech physicists on ATLAS and ALICE experiments at CERN, studying collisions of protons and heavy ions. Heavy ion collisions are studied on STAR and sPHENIX in BNL and HADES and CBM in FAIR as well. Czech teams also participate in Electron-Ion Collider and linear positron-electron collider preparation. Smaller Czech teams are involved in neutrino physics research on NOvA, Daya Bay, JUNO and KATRIN, on astroparticle experiments Auger and CTA, on Belle II "beauty-factory" experiment in KEK and on several other experiments focused on various topics. Theorists are trying to wrap their head around topics like String Theory and Quantum Qravity, Grand Unified Theories, Chiral Perturbation Theory, phenomenology of heavy ion collisions, Cosmology and others.

Many particle physicists all over the Czech Republic enthusiastically organize various outreach events for general public. Physics is brought to music festivals or physics meets arts events, general public and high-school students build simple experiments at workshops or as part of big projects like CZELTA, high-school students are becoming particle physicists for one day in dedicated workshops and they are visiting Czech labs commonly. Of course, Czech physicists give engaging talks for general public, write various kinds of articles, give interviews for TV, radio and newspapers and they visit high-schools or even teach special physics courses for interested high-school students. Particle physicists are in contact with high-school teachers via various programs. For example, high-school teachers have regular opportunities to visit CERN. And high-school students too. Particle physics is our passion!