Scientists discover 'God particle'
Scientists believe they have captured the elusive "God particle" that gives matter mass and holds the physical fabric of the universe together. The announcement was made at the Large Hadron Collider, a £2.6 billion particle accelerator, near Geneva.
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Scientists believe they have found the 'God particle'
What is the Higgs boson & what does its discovery mean?
Scientists think the Higgs boson has been found, but what is it and for you and me, what does it all mean?
Read the full storyProfessor Higgs 'amazed' at Higgs boson find
Professor Peter Higgs describes his surprise and amazement that the Higgs boson particle has been found:
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Professor Higgs: I never expected particle to found in my lifetime
Professor Peter Higgs, who first imagined the 'God Particle' which now bears his name said:
I never expected this to happen in my lifetime and shall be asking my family to put some champagne in the fridge.
Higgs boson discovery explained
by Lawrence McGinty - Science and Medical EditorFor the geeks: Atlas and CMS experiments at CERN see new particle at 126 GeV with 5 sigma.
For the non-geeks: CERN scientists find new particle. Looks like the Higgs boson, but not 100 per cent sure.
Scientists believe they have found the 'God particle'
Scientists believe they have found the elusive "God particle" that gives matter mass and holds the physical fabric of the universe together
Read the full storyProfessor Higgs at namesake particle announcement
Professor Peter Higgs, the retired British physicist from Edinburgh University after whom the particle was named, was present at a packed seminar at the Geneva headquarters of Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research.
The professor dreamed up the concept of the Higgs mechanism to explain mass while walking in the Cairngorms in 1964.
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New particle needs to be verified
Scientists believe they have captured the elusive "God particle" that gives matter mass and holds the physical fabric of the universe together.
The Science & Technology Facilities council announced that CERN has found a new particle.
It has the properties of Higgs boson but will need verifying to check that it has all the properties.
It's been confirmed by CERN as a "5 sigma" level which means it's officially a discovery.
Professor John Womersley. chief executive of the Science and technology Facilities Council, told reporters at a briefing in London:
They have discovered a particle consistent with the Higgs boson.
Discovery is the important word. That is confirmed.
It's a momentous day for science
New discovery 'probably the Higgs boson'
by Lawrence McGinty - Science and Medical EditorCERN announcing the discovery of new particle - probably the Higgs boson. There is a one in three million chance they have got it wrong.
Willetts: Britain played major role in discovery
David Willetts in Westminster has said that, "Britain has played a major role in this amazing scientific discovery"
CERN finds new particle that could be the Higgs boson
It is confirmed that CERN has found a new particle. It will need verifying that it has all the properties of the Higgs boson.
Joe Incandela speaking at CERN said; "this is a preliminary results, but it is very strong."