The SciencesOctober 8, 2013
Higgs Boson Predictors Awarded the 2013 Nobel Physics Prize
Two scientists who predicted how particles gain mass shared the prestigious award, now that Large Hadron Collider experiments have confirmed the theory
The Higgs Boson at Last?
Evidence for a new particle that was detected at the Large Hadron Collider was confirmed in 2012 to be the fabled Higgs. The particle's namesake and another theorist have now received the 2013 Nobel in physics
The SciencesOctober 8, 2013
The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics: Englert and Higgs
The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to François Englert and Peter Higgs for the theory of how particles acquire mass, requiring the existence of the Higgs Boson, experimentally confirmed to exist in 2012
March 26, 2013
How the Higgs Boson Might Spell Doom for the Universe
Under the simplest assumptions, the measured mass of the Higgs could mean the universe is unstable and destined to fall apart. But don’t worry—it won’t happen for billions of eons
The SciencesMarch 15, 2013
It s Official: We ve Found the Higgs Boson. But Which One?
The SciencesFebruary 6, 2013
Large Hadron Collider Is Set to Halt for Upgrades
Maintenance, improvement work and data analysis will keep scientists busy as the European collider's planned closure begins
The SciencesNovember 21, 2012
Why do physicists care so much about finding the Higgs boson?
The SciencesJuly 12, 2012
Chat at 4:30 P.M. EDT on What Comes Next in Higgs Research
Join us for a live online chat about last week's Higgs news with physicist Michael Tuts of Columbia University. Tuts will help explain where physicists go from here
The SciencesJuly 6, 2012
Higgsteria: We Didn t Need No U.S. Supercollider
The SciencesJuly 6, 2012
Nobel Laureates in Physics React to the Higgs-Like Particle News [Video]
The Nature Video team filmed a variety of reactions from physics laureates at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this week in Germany
The SciencesJuly 4, 2012
What It Means to Find a Higgs : Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Day 3
The SciencesJuly 4, 2012
New Particle Resembling Long-Sought Higgs Boson Uncovered at Large Hadron Collider
The CERN collider, the most powerful atom smasher in history, appears to have fulfilled its primary quest
The SciencesJuly 4, 2012
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