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Tevatron experiments report latest results in search for Higgs boson

(PhysOrg.com) -- New measurements announced today by scientists from the CDF and DZero collaborations at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory indicate that the elusive Higgs ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

World's best measurement of W boson mass tests Standard Model, Higgs boson limits

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as firemen use different methods to narrow the location of a person trapped in a building, scientists employ two techniques to find the hiding place of the theorized Higgs particle: direct ...

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created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (26) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Hints of the Higgs - papers are submitted

Back in December 2011, the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN presented some exciting results that provided tantalising hints of the Higgs boson.

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 10

Bilayer graphene works as an insulator

A research team led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside has identified a property of "bilayer graphene" (BLG) that the researchers say is analogous to finding the Higgs boson in particle ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Research team predicts the next big thing in the world of particle physics: supersymmetry

(PhysOrg.com) -- A better understanding of the universe will be the outgrowth of the discovery of the Higgs boson, according to a team of University of Oklahoma researchers.   The team predicts the discovery will ...

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created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 14

Particle physicists report 'intriguing hints' of Higgs Boson

Yesterday physicists in Europe reported possible signs of the Higgs boson, a missing piece in the particle-physics puzzle long suspected of giving elementary particles -- such as electrons and quarks -- their mass ...

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created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 27

Possible signs of the Higgs remain in latest analyses (Update)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider have nearly eliminated the space in which the Higgs boson could dwell, scientists announced in a seminar held at CERN today. However, the ATLAS ...

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created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

CERN plans to announce latest results in search for Higgs boson particle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists collaborating on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN – the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva – will announce their latest results ...

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created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 10

Scientists excited over hints of finding an elusive particle

Scientists are quivering with anticipation - flying halfway around the world for a close-up view of the action and devouring the latest updates from the blogosphere the way some girls track the doings of Justin Bieber.

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created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (13) | comments 33

LHC to narrow search for Higgs boson

Scientists at the world's largest atom smasher have new data that shows with greater certainty where to find a long-sought theoretical particle that would help explain the origins of the universe.

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

LHSee - Large Hadron Collider app - Big bang science in your pocket

(PhysOrg.com) -- Want to find out how to Hunt the Higgs Boson using your phone? Ever wondered how the Large Hadron Collider experiments work, and what the collisions look like?

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created Oct 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Could the Higgs boson explain the size of the Universe?

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Universe wouldn't be the same without the Higgs boson. This legendary particle plays a role in cosmology and reveals the possible existence of another closely related particle.

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created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (25) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

Endgame for the Higgs Boson

The last missing piece of scientists’ fundamental model of particle physics is running out of places to hide.

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created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 57 | with audio podcast

'God particle' out of hiding places: CERN chief

The elusive Higgs Boson, known as the "God particle", is -- if it exists -- running out of places to hide, the head of the mammoth experiment designed to find it said on Thursday.

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created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 20

Z-prime search may hurdle Higgs hunt

If you're bummed about humanity's biggest accelerator not producing a Higgs particle yet, maybe the latest effort to find a Z-prime will make you feel better. ...

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created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast