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Homing in on Higgs: Michigan researchers predict summer discovery (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Whether the Higgs boson exists could be settled by the end of summer, say University of Michigan physicists involved in the search for the missing piece of particle physics' Standard Model.

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Searching for the elusive Higgs Particle

The world of physics has its mysteries, but one of its biggest—whether the elusive Higgs boson actually exists—is closer to a resolution, of sorts.

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created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 15

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

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

Physicist creates scale model of LHC ATLAS experiment of out LEGO blocks

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland has generated a lot of news of late, e.g. the announcement that a team had found what it believes ...

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created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (17) | comments 19 | with audio podcast report

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

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

Interview: 'Next year we will see the Higgs particle - or exclude its existence'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Interview with Prof. Dr. Siegfried Bethke, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Physics in Munich, about the current research results from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

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created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 24

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

'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

Hints fade of elusive physics 'God particle'

International scientists searching to solve the greatest riddle in all of physics said Monday that signs are fading of the elusive Higgs-Boson particle, which is believed to give objects mass.

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created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 31