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Astronomy => In the Media... => Topic started by: Mac on Dec 12, 2011, 16:35:38

Title: Higgs may have been glimpsed.
Post by: Mac on Dec 12, 2011, 16:35:38
Just spotted this in the enws.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16116230 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16116230)

They may have glimpsed the Higgs at last, but need to gather more data.

QuoteScientists are expected on Tuesday to present preliminary evidence that the most coveted prize in particle physics - the Higgs boson - has been glimpsed.

While the Higgs is crucial to our understanding of the Universe, it has never been observed by experiments.

At a seminar here in Geneva, teams will present a progress report in their hunt for the tiny particle at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

But the LHC has not recorded enough data to claim a formal discovery.

Mac.