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  Nobel-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who discovered 'God Particle', dies at 94

  World | April 10, 2024 6:13 IST

  Higgs proposed the existence of the Higgs-Boson particle, also known as the 'God Particle' in 1964. The existence of the particle was confirmed at the Large Hadron Collider, earning him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2013.

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  Professor Tejinder Virdee receives 'Professional of the Year' award

  World | September 22, 2014 13:54 IST

  London: A leading NRI academic Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee, known for originating the concept and construction of Compact Muon Solenold that lead to the discovery of Higgs Boson, has won the 'Professional of the Year'

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  A look at the winners of Nobel Prize in physics

  World | October 08, 2013 20:40 IST

  Britain:  Peter Higgs and Francois Englert have been awarded the Nobel prize in Physics today for their theory of how particles acquire mass- existence of the subatomic Higgs boson. WHO WON?Peter Higgs, 84, emeritus professor

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  Indians leave a footprint on 'God Particle'

  World | July 04, 2012 17:33 IST

  Geneva, Jul 4: As all eyes today focus on the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, famously known as CERN, Indian scientific and technological contributions are among the many that keeps the world's biggest particle physics

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  Eureka! Physicists celebrate evidence of particle

  World | July 04, 2012 16:19 IST

  Geneva, Jul 4: To cheers and standing ovations from scientists, the world's biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it “consistent” with the long-sought Higgs boson—popularly known as the

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  Evidence of 'God particle' found

  World | July 03, 2012 12:21 IST

  Geneva, Jul 3: Physicists say they have all but proven that the “God particle” exists. They have a footprint and a shadow, and the only thing left is to see for themselves the elusive subatomic

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  Higgs Boson May Have Been Identified, Says Report

  World | December 13, 2011 20:51 IST

  Geneva, Dec 13: Scientists at the CERN physics research centre said on Tuesday they had found signs of - although not yet conclusively discovered -- the Higgs boson, an elementary particle which is the missing