The Weekly Pique

What Will You Learn Today?

  • Previous Newsletters
  • What Our Readers Think
  • Subscribe

October 2, 2015 By Joe

CERN’s Higgs Boson (The God Particle)

CERN’s Higgs Boson (The God Particle)

Data from the $4 billion Large Hadron Collider, the world’s biggest atom smasher, have greatly increased what physicists know about the Higgs boson. The subatomic particle is responsible for giving other elementary particles mass. But what exactly have we discovered about the elusive Higgs field? Will it lead us to the next great scientific discovery of the 21st century?

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Subatomic Particles, The Weekly Pique Tagged With: atom smasher, cern, god particle, higgs boson, lhc, particle collider, physics

My Tweets

Missing Our Newsletter?

Subscribe

Categories

Copyright © 2023 · The Weekly Pique · Contact · Privacy Policy · Terms & Conditions · Previous Newsletters · Subscribe


Managed by a WP Buffs care plan. Virtual high five!.