Physics What is the Higgs boson and why it’s called “The God Particle”: Peter Higgs. admin, April 9, 2024 Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN made a significant discovery in 2012: the Higgs boson particle, theorized by Peter Higgs in 1964. Higgs’ groundbreaking work explained the mechanism behind how particles acquire mass and was validated when the particle was detected at the Large Hadron Collider, affirming his… Continue Reading
Physics Physicist Peter Higgs Dies At 94 After Discovery of ‘God Particle’ admin, April 9, 2024 Peter Higgs, a British physicist known for his ground-breaking theoretical work on the Higgs boson, has passed away at the age of 94. The University of Edinburgh, where he had been a professor for nearly five decades, confirmed his death and described him as a great teacher and mentor. Higgs’s… Continue Reading