There is much speculation regarding how the Higgs Boson and Higgs field came into being, and many scientists wish to claim the discovery as their own. In truth, there were scientists that were working ...

Andrei Gritsan, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins, is a member of a large team of researchers at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland and France that, in 2012 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The discovery of the Higgs boson (or the ...

The existence of the Higgs boson completes the standard model of particle physics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On April 8, ...

Higgs-boson pairs could help scientists understand the stability of our universe. The trick is finding them. In 2012, scientists on the CMS and ATLAS experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider ...

Peter Higgs, the man behind the Higgs boson theory, also known as the 'God particle,' died last Monday, April 8, 2024, at the age of 94 in his home in Edinburgh. Throughout his life and career, Higgs ...

The discovery of the Higgs boson filled in a missing piece of the standard model of particle physics, which describes matter and its interactions. A decade later, physicists continue to probe the ...

This newly-discovered particle could account for dark matter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Researchers have discovered a new ...

A century after Albert Einstein came up with his theories of relativity, a constellation of Global Positioning System satellites is orbiting Earth, making practical use of his ground-breaking ...