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For decades, physicists sought the Higgs boson: the theorized “God particle” whose alter ego, a field pervading the entire universe, endows matter with mass. In 2012, scientists finally found the ...

Although its existence had been theorized for decades, the Higgs boson was finally observed to exist in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Since then, it has continued to be heavily ...

Six years after discovering the Higgs boson, physicists have observed how the particle decays—a monumental contribution to scientists’ understanding of the Standard Model of particle physics and the ...

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Boris Tuchming is at the Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe and in the Department of Particle Physics, CEA University of Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

Why it matters: Since discovering the Higgs boson in 2012, scientists have thoroughly studied the strange particle looking for new clues about the true nature of matter and the universe. Now, CERN ...

This work provides evidence for something scientists predicted long ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have spotted ...