What Is the Higgs Boson Particle, and Why Is It So Important?

This is what the creation of a Higgs Boson looks like to the Large Hadron Collider. (Credit: CERN) The Higgs boson is, if ...
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Higgs boson: 10 years after its discovery, why this particle could unlock new physics beyond the standard model

Ten years ago, scientists announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, which helps explain why elementary particles (the smallest building blocks of nature) have mass. When you purchase through links ...
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Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called 'God particle,' has died

LONDON — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called "God particle" that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the ...
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Peter Higgs, physicist who theorized Higgs boson particle, dies at 94

Nobel Prize winner and physicist, Peter Higgs, has died at age 94, according to a statement from the University of Edinburgh. Higgs proposed the existence of the "God particle," also known as the ...
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Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says

Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called "God particle" that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the University of ...
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The Recluse Who Confronted the Mystery of the Universe

Frank Close’s “Elusive” looks at the life and work of the man who changed our ideas about the basis of matter. By Deborah Blum When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we ...
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Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called ‘God particle,’ has died

Sean Dempsey / AP LONDON — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called "God particle" that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at ...