Higgs Boson theorists win Nobel physics prize
Britain’s Peter Higgs and Francois Englert of Belgium have won the Nobel Prize for physics for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson particle.
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Could this boson be the ‘God particle’?
A year since the discovery of a subatomic particle set the science world aflutter, evidence is mounting it may be the elusive Higgs boson.
Queen bestows honours on Stella McCartney and ‘God particle’ scientist
Queen Elizabeth II has bestowed the bi-annual British honours. Recipients included a fashion designer, an illustrator and a scientist.
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Scientists find links to ‘God particle’
Scientists have found signs of the Higgs boson, an elementary sub-atomic particle thought to have played a vital role in the creation of the universe.
