(Phys.org) -- If you’re a little confused by the news that scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, may have found the Higgs boson, you’re probably not alone. ...
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Jul 16, 2012
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The world's most sensitive dark matter detector settled into a new home Friday in an old U.S. gold mine.
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Jul 13, 2012
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Higgs or not Higgs? That is the question, of course. Physicists nevertheless already consider finding the new particle - whatever it may be – to be one of the most important discoveries of recent decades. If it does ...
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Jul 10, 2012
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Interview with Sandra Kortner of the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, who heads a Minerva junior research group at the ATLAS experiment of the LHC and also coordinates an international group of researchers who ...
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Jul 6, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- It was a little over two years ago that the Large Hadron Collider kicked off its search for the Higgs boson. But the hunt for the Higgs really began decades ago with the realization of a puzzle to be solved, ...
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Jul 5, 2012
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Scientists reported yesterday the discovery of a particle that is very likely the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle that gives other particles mass—and makes life possible. Theorized in the 1960s and sometimes called ...
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Jul 5, 2012
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Today CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, announced the most conclusive evidence yet for the existence of the Higgs boson (at 5 sigma), a long-elusive cornerstone of the Standard Model of physics. This subatomic ...
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Jul 5, 2012
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Physicists said Thursday the potential discovery of the "God particle" was a gateway to a new era that could see humanity unlock some of the universe's great mysteries including dark matter.
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Jul 5, 2012
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Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle that looks remarkably like the long-sought Higgs boson. Sometimes called the "God particle" because ...
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Jul 4, 2012
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Raucous applause more usually seen at a football match and tearful exchanges are not things you would associate with a meeting of the science community.
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Jul 4, 2012
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