To cheers and standing ovations, scientists at the world’s biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it “consistent” with the long-sought Higgs boson _ ...

The long and complicated journey to detect the Higgs boson, which started with one small step about 25 years ago, might finally have reached its goal. This was reported by LHC particle accelerator ...

After more than 30 years of planning, building and testing, the Large Hadron Collider is providing answers that could fundamentally change the way in which we understand the universe. CERN, the ...

In 2012, scientists confirmed the discovery of the elusive "God Particle" — also known as the Higgs boson. But what exactly is it, why does it matter, and how does it change our understanding of the ...

In the vast ocean of existence, a silent dance pulses through every particle, every atom, every breath. This dance is ancient and eternal. In the heart of modern physics, scientists discovered the ...

On July 4, 2012, at the CERN laboratory in Geneva – home to the massive particle accelerator known as the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC – two groups of physicists announced the discovery of a new ...