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The Higgs Boson Explained
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article originally appeared here on December 15, 2011. We are featuring it again, updated for context, in anticipation of the July 4, 2012 announcement on the...
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Fermilab Rings in Higgs Week
Higgs week is here! This week, the search for the Higgs boson—the elusive subatomic particle that is a critical piece of the Standard Model of physics—may reach its climax when, on Wednesday, two...
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Live Webcasts: The Latest Higgs Results
Watch this space the week of July 2, 2012 for a series of live webcasts from Fermilab and CERN on the latest results in the search for the Higgs boson. Wednesday, July 4: CERN Come back at 3 am ET on...
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Higgs Fireworks on July 4
This week, we’ve come one step closer to understanding the rules that govern the universe. Two days ago, my colleagues at Fermilab announced our final results in a search for the answer to a mystery...
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Thanks, Mom! Finding the Quantum of Ubiquitous Resistance
CERN’s July 4 declaration of victory in the quest to find the Higgs particle (or something very much like it) is a many-splendored triumph. It confirms, as it completes, the Standard Model of...
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The recent buzz over the discovery of a new boson that might be the long-sought quantum of the Higgs field has led some to forget that the Large Hadron Collider at CERN isn’t a single-purpose facility....
View ArticleBittersweet Victory: Physics After the Higgs
When I see those victorious Olympic athletes all bedecked on the podium, beaming their gold-medal smiles and crying their gold-medal tears, I can’t help thinking: Now what? And now that the coming-out...
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Melting Subatomic Ice Cubes
Look out solid, liquid and gas: There’s a new form of matter in town. Actually, this “new” matter isn’t new at all—it is one of the most ancient forms of matter in the universe. Last seen more than 13...
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Why is the Higgs So Light?
On July 4, 2012, the CERN auditorium was full. That’s not unusual; the room often hosts scientific presentations to packed houses. What was unusual was that this seminar was watched by millions of...
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Higgs and Englert Win Physics Nobel Prize
Another chapter has unfolded in the dramatic saga of the Higgs boson. On the morning of October 8, 2013, the Swedish Academy of Science made an announcement that had been widely anticipated by the...
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