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Old 07-04-2012, 02:24 PM   #1
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Default CERN Scientists Discover Higgs boson-like Particle

Scientists at CERN, home of the world's largest particle smasher, have today announced their discovery of a particle that could turn out to be the elusive Higgs boson. In physics, the Higgs boson is the last remaining piece of the puzzle according to the Standard Model - a theory as to how the universe works at the elementary level. In the 60s, Peter Higgs, along with a team of physicists, detailed a theoretical particle that's responsible for giving all matter mass, dubbed the Higgs Boson.


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