Physics
Higgs boson: A discovery
The Large Hadron Collider's main task was to probe the energy scales at which the Higgs should exist. Last July, scientists announced they had found something
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The Large Hadron Collider's main task was to probe the energy scales at which the Higgs should exist. Last July, scientists announced they had found something
We're used to scientists making ever bigger atoms. Now it seems subatomic particles can be pushed to similar extremes to create new forms of matter. Researchers at two particle detectors reported on Monday the strongest evidence yet for a particle made of more than three quarks, the subatomic building blocks of matter. What does that mean for understanding of matter – and why does that matter? New Å®ÉúСÊÓÆµ investigates