The discovery of the Higgs boson has been a fascinating journey for physicists around the world, since the particle was first detected at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) about twelve years ago. This monumental discovery, which confirms the existence of the elusive particle theorized nearly half a century earlier, has opened up new avenues for … Read more
The Higgs boson (blue) can be created by the interaction of gluons (yellow) during proton collisions. Protons consist of two up quarks (red) and one down quark (purple), so strongly bound by gluons that in the sea of virtual particles (gray) heavier quarks and antiquarks, for example beautiful quarks, can appear, whose presence also influences … Read more
Scientists at the world’s largest physics experiment have reported the most precise measurement yet of the most massive subatomic particle known. The finding may sound esoteric, but it would be no understatement to say it has implications for the entire universe. The Greek philosopher Empedocles surmised 2,400 years ago that matter could be broken down … Read more
Scientists at the world’s largest physics experiment have reported the most precise measurement yet of the most massive subatomic particle known. The finding may sound esoteric, but it would be no understatement to say it has implications for the entire universe. The Greek philosopher Empedocles surmised 2,400 years ago that matter could be broken down … Read more