Peter Higgs

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  As we bid farewell to 2024 and recount the glories of the season, we remember there were tears too.

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  What Is Higgs Boson And Why It Is Called "The God Particle"

  Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, responsible for the one the greatest scientific discoveries in the last century, died at the age of 94 .

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  Physicist Peter Higgs, Who Discovered 'God Particle', Dies At 94

  British physicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of a mass-giving particle -- the so-called Higgs boson -- jointly earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics, has died aged 94, the University of Edinburgh announced on Tuesday.

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  UK Nobel Winners Back EU After Brexit Poll Boost

  Thirteen of Britain's top scientists signed a letter backing the campaign to remain in the EU today after a dramatic new poll boosted the Brexit campaign.

• Over 10,000 people sign up for Higgs course

  More than 10,000 people have signed up for an online course to study the work of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs which led to the discovery of the 'God particle'.

• Peter Higgs discovered Nobel win news through ex-neighbour

  Professor Peter Higgs only found out he had won the Nobel Prize for Physics when a former neighbour congratulated him on the news, he said Friday.

• Boson's naming after Satyendra Nath Bose bigger honour than Nobel, say Indian physicists

  Prominent Indian physicists say that naming of the 'God particle' Boson after Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose is the biggest honour.

• Peter Higgs and Francois Englert: men behind the 'God particle'

  For someone who helped unleash the first great scientific discovery of the 21st century, Britain's Peter Higgs is a remarkably low-tech man.

• Nobel physics laureate Peter Higgs 'overwhelmed'

  British scientist Peter Higgs said he was "overwhelmed" after he and his Belgian colleague Francois Englert were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work on the Higgs Boson particle.

• Peter Higgs, Francois Englert win physics Nobel for particle mass

  Francois Englert of Belgium and Peter Higgs of Britain won the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their theory on how the most basic building blocks of the universe acquire mass, eventually forming the world we know today.

• Scientists want Higgs boson to be renamed

  What's in a name? A lot- at least as far as the Higgs boson is concerned.

• Hopes fade of Higgs particle opening door to new realms soon

  Scientists' hopes that last summer's triumphant trapping of the particle that shaped the post-Big Bang universe would quickly open the way into exotic new realms of physics like string theory and new dimensions have faded this past week.

• Peter Higgs confident CERN particle is one he forecast in 1960s

  The physicists who theorised the existence of a basic subatomic particle half a century ago are confident recent data is proving they were right all along.

• 'God particle' discovery poses Nobel dilemma

  On July 4, scientists announced they had discovered a new particle that may be the fabled Higgs boson, an exploit that would rank as the greatest achievement in physics in more than half a century.

• The art and science of guessing a Nobel Prize

  Guessing who will win a Nobel Prize is a bit like forecasting the stock market: Experts don't seem to do it any better than laymen.