1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ sb42 (sb42) http://rainbowdash.net/sb42 http://rainbowdash.net/notice/1026668 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/798" class="url" title="Valuable Customer"><span class="fn nickname">redenchilada</span></a></span> Ok, I'll try to answer. The reason they are different is because of their internal makeup and structure. A proton has 2 up quarks and a down quark, whereas an electron is an elementary particle (no substructures). Now why they are charged, THAT'S the question... Nopony knows right now (But yeah, I love physics, and I want to get a PhD in Quantum!)