
New Higgs Boson Observations Reveal Clues on the Nature of Mass
For the first time the scientists have observed the famous Higgs boson, responsible for imparting mass, interacting with the heaviest particle in the universe
Don Lincoln is a senior physicist at Fermilab who conducts research using data from CERN's Large Hadron Collider. He is author of several science books for the public, including his most recent one, The Large Hadron Collider: The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and Other Stuff That Will Blow Your Mind (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). Credit: Nick Higgins
For the first time the scientists have observed the famous Higgs boson, responsible for imparting mass, interacting with the heaviest particle in the universe
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Editor's Note: Author and Fermilab Senior Scientist Don Lincoln is set to teach "Mysteries of the Universe" from October 13 - 24 for Scientific American's Professional Learning Program.
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