A half-century scientific quest culminated early Wednesday as physicists announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle -- one theorized to be so fundamental that without it, nothing could exist.

In the early morning hours Wednesday, physicists in Switzerland may announce that they’ve discovered the elusive “God Particle,” aka the Higgs boson. For more than half a century, the Higgs has been ...

A scientist who achieved worldwide fame with the discovery of the so-called ‘God particle’ left a £3.2 million fortune. Professor Peter Higgs was a researcher at the University of Edinburgh when he ...

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 _ ...

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 ...

Physicists using the Large Hadron Collider have discovered a new particle - Copyright AFP/File VALENTIN FLAURAUD Physicists using the Large Hadron Collider have ...

FARGO - For years, physicists were working to build a "very complicated puzzle" but couldn't quite find the one missing piece in the box, North Dakota State University assistant professor of physics ...

Last week, Columbia University mathematician Peter Woit published a note on his blog that he said came to him by way of a commenter. The note is supposedly a leaked internal memo from a team at the ...