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    Physicists in Italy said Wednesday they are achingly close to concluding that what they found last year was the Higgs boson, the elusive "God particle." They need to eliminate one last remote possibility that it's something else.

  • Atom smasher hiatus sets stage for more discovery

    The world's largest and most powerful atom smasher goes into a 2-year hibernation in March, as engineers carry out a revamp to help it reach maximum energy levels that could lead to more stunning discoveries following the detection of the so-called "God particle."

  • ** FILE ** In this March 30, 2010, file picture the globe of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, is illuminated outside Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus,File)

    Atom smasher hiatus sets stage for more discovery

    The world's largest and most powerful atom smasher goes into a 2-year hibernation in March, as engineers carry out a revamp to help it reach maximum energy levels that could lead to more stunning discoveries following the detection of the so-called "God particle."

  • Gabrielle Giffords tours European physics lab

    Former U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords toured the European particle physics laboratory Wednesday, cheerfully facing reporters but saying little during her first trip abroad since being shot in the head last year.

  • A closer look at the Higgs boson

    Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle that looks remarkably like the long-sought Higgs boson. Sometimes called the "God particle" because its existence is fundamental to the creation of the universe, the hunt for the Higgs involved thousands of scientists from all over the world.

  • Rolf Heuer, director of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), answers questions July 4, 2012, during a scientific seminar in Meyrin, Switzerland, to deliver the latest update in the search for the Higgs boson. (Associated Press/Keystone)

    Eureka! Physicists celebrate evidence of 'God particle'

    Scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher hailed the discovery of "the missing cornerstone of physics" Wednesday, cheering the apparent end of a decades-long quest for a new subatomic particle called the Higgs boson, or "God particle," which could help explain why all matter has mass and crack open a new realm of physics.

  • Eureka! Physicists celebrate evidence of particle

    Scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher hailed the discovery of "the missing cornerstone of physics" Wednesday, cheering the apparent end of a decades-long quest for a new subatomic particle called the Higgs boson, or "God particle," which could help explain why all matter has mass and crack open a new realm of subatomic science.

  • Physicists find evidence of new subatomic particle

    The head of the world's biggest atom smasher says they have discovered a new particle that is consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson known popularly as the "God particle," which is believed to give all matter in the universe size and shape

  • Antimatter detector to catch last shuttle to space

    A $2 billion machine that will jump-start the search for antimatter and other phenomena was loaded onto a massive U.S. Air Force plane Wednesday for the final leg of its journey on Earth before it catches the last scheduled shuttle flight into space.

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