Ten years ago, scientists announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, which helps explain why elementary particles (the smallest building blocks of nature) have mass. When you purchase through links ...

Editor's Note: This story was updated at 7:20 p.m. E.T. For a subatomic particle that remained hidden for nearly 50 years, the Higgs boson is turning out to be remarkably well behaved. Yet more ...

The most direct probe of λ3 comes from Higgs-boson pair production (HH). HH production happens most often by the fusion of ...

In the periodic table, no element is more important than another one. But in the Standard Model—a theory that explains the smallest constituents of the universe and the forces that govern them, minus ...

Peter Higgs was no good in the lab, but he never doubted that one day his theory of a powerful subatomic particle that bears his name would be proven right in practice. His surprise was that he lived ...

The hunt for the Higgs boson has been one of the most publicized scientific endeavors of recent years. It is essential to the Standard Model, the theory of particle physics which focuses on twelve ...

Summer 2012 was one for the books — the first Avengers film had just hit theaters worldwide, and arch-bop Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” was dominating the charts. And oh yeah, physicists across ...

Although I have no interest whatsoever in downplaying the anniversary of the 236th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I think it’s fair to assume that July 4, 2012, will go down in ...

Scientists seem to understand the famous 'God Particle.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The "most comprehensive studies" of the ...