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Scientists have discovered why the infamous Higgs boson particle, also known as the “God particle,” has been so hard to find: it probably doesn't exist. This disappointing proclamation comes from scientists at CERN, who told the crowd at last week's Lepton-Photon conference in Mumbai, India, that their research shows a 95 percent probability that the hypothetical Higgs boson particle is nothing more than a figment of our… Read More

When you’re dealing with smashing atoms and black holes, you can’t be too careful. That’s why Cern is delaying the re-opening of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) by three months to allow for additional safety work. The LHC is a giant track, running under France and Switzerland, that allows scientists to replicate the Big Bang, but on a much smaller scale. It was shut down shortly after its opening last year by a liquid… Read More

It’s not easy investigating the Big Bang. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which sits under the French-Swiss border, started work in September to much hoopla, only to shut down a week later when an electrical fault caused a helium leak. At the time it was said that the machine would be up and running again in April next year. Now June looks like the earliest date, and repairs alone could cost $16 million. It was always a given that… Read More