Scientists are set to confirm they have caught a glimpse of the elusive "God particle" -- the so-far theoretical concept that helps to explain some of the mysteries of the Universe. (Video ...

they were among several physicists who proposed a mechanism to explain why the most basic building blocks of the Universe have mass. The mechanism predicts a particle - the Higgs boson - which was ...

the Higgs boson. But what is the elusive subatomic particle – which has also been called the “God particle” – and what exactly did he have to say about it? – What did Prof Higgs win the ...

Theories that predicted the existence of such a mode have been invoked to explain “dark matter,” the nearly invisible material that makes up much of the universe, but only reveals itself via gravity, ...

If you're talking to a physicist about the Higgs boson, whatever you do, do not call it by its media-hyped nickname the "God Particle." You're almost guaranteed to illicit a wince, a grimace ...

The University of Edinburgh reported on Tuesday that Nobel winner Peter Higgs, the man who gave rise to the “God particle” that helped explain how ... as the Higgs boson, or the “God ...

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Also known as “the God particle”, the Higgs boson was discovered in 2012 by scientists working in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The Higgs had long been thought to exist by physicists ...