God particle: Physicists celebrate Higgs boson 'triumph'
The Washington Post's Brian Vastag explains the importnace of finding the 'God particle,' or as scientists prefer, the Higgs boson particle.
The revelation that the long-sought particle had almost certainly been detected in the Large Hadron Collider's 17-mile track prompts scientists to erupt with joy.
The ever elusive 'God Particle,' formally known as the Higgs boson in honor of British physicist Peter Higgs, who first theorized the discovery in 1964, has allegedly been discovered after decades of expensive searching,
We've heard the rumors. Now for the news physics nerds have been waiting for: the "official" discovery of the Higgs Boson. But something is gnawing at me like children on my lawn: this whole "God Particle" business.
Can debt-swamped Europe afford expensive science, like pursuing the God particle?
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God particle: Physicists celebrate Higgs boson 'triumph'
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