23-Jul-2011, 08:21 PM
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has picked up tantalising fluctuations which might - or might not - be hints of the sought-after Higgs boson particle.
Without the Higgs, physicists cannot explain why particles have mass. But despite the best efforts of scientists working on both sides of the Atlantic to detect it experimentally, the boson remains a theoretical sub-atomic particle.
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14258601]bbc.co.uk[/ur]
This could be big news if they do prove that the Higgs actually exists.
Without the Higgs, physicists cannot explain why particles have mass. But despite the best efforts of scientists working on both sides of the Atlantic to detect it experimentally, the boson remains a theoretical sub-atomic particle.
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14258601]bbc.co.uk[/ur]
This could be big news if they do prove that the Higgs actually exists.
Martin ~