The discovery of the Higgs boson was vital to the Standard Model – the theory that describes the web of particles, forces and interactions that make up the universe.

A team of young scientists paused their new physics searches to develop an innovative machine-learning tool, which is now ...

It explains how particles clumped together to form stars, planets and even life. Without the Higgs particle, the particles that make up the universe would have remained like a soup, the theory goes.

In 1964 Prof Higgs predicted the existence of a new particle, which is now seen as fundamental to the creation of the universe. The particle’s existence would not be confirmed for almost half a ...

The existence of the elusive Higgs boson, the so-called "God particle" that supplies mass to matter, and would complete Albert Einstein&#39s theory of the universe, has been hotly contested.

Higgs predicted the existence of a new particle — the so-called Higgs boson — in 1964. But it would be almost 50 years before the particle's existence could be confirmed at the Large Hadron ...

Higgs predicted the existence of a new particle – the so-called Higgs boson – in 1964. But it would be almost 50 years before the particle’s existence could be confirmed at the Large Hadron ...

Though it's worth noting that the non-existence of the Higgs boson is not exactly a radical idea: After all, noted physicist Stephen Hawking made a $100 bet claiming that the Higgs boson was fiction.

Without the Higgs boson to give matter mass and weight, there could be no Standard Model universe. The particle is part of many theoretical equations underpinning scientists’ understanding of ...

The wooden ‘Globe’ at the entrance of the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland, is seen on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. MARTIAL TREZZINI / AP ...

Physicists have found a new sub-atomic particle, pictured here in a representation, in their search for the Higgs boson, a top CERN scientist said Wednesday. “We have observed a new boson ...

Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94.