The Higgs boson is special kind of particle that doesn't really appear in everyday life. Instead, it subtly interacts with ...

Don't forget to check your spam folder. Tulika Bose (TB): The question we have been working towards in the past decade is whether it is a “Standard Model” Higgs boson or a sister, or a cousin or a ...

Peter Higgs, a giant of British science who came up with the idea of the Higgs boson particle, has died aged 94. He was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 2013 for his revolutionary work ...

Bosons are the 'force carrying' or 'force-mediating' particles. If a fermion, such as a quark or lepton produces a boson, which is then taken in by another fermion, then a force exists between the ...

The physicist Peter Higgs quietly revolutionised quantum field theory, then lived long enough to see the discovery of the Higgs boson he theorised. Despite receiving a Nobel prize, he remained in ...

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