Science Apr 09 Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says By Associated Press
Science Dec 20 Column: Scientists isolate antimatter, shedding light on matter’s elusive twin The researchers at CERN managed to isolate several atoms of antimatter, which may clarify a puzzle dating back to The Big Bang. By Igor Bray for The Conversation
Science Mar 25 New tetraquark particle sparks doubts The Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator failed to confirm the Tevatron accelerator’s discovery of a new arrangement of quarks. By Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American
Science Mar 12 Large Hadron Collider gears up to find dark matter, new particles in its second run After two years of upgrades and repairs, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland fires up again this month. This time it’s moving at twice the energy, looking for dark matter and exotic new particles. By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy
Science Jul 04 Watch What the ‘Rock Star’ Discovery of the Higgs Boson Means for Science What the 'Rock Star' Discovery of the Higgs Boson Means for Science…
Jul 04 Watch Physicists Discover Clear Evidence of Elusive Higgs Boson Scientists announced on Wednesday they have evidence of the much sought-after Higgs boson, a subatomic particle thought to endow all other particles -- and by extension all matter in the universe -- with mass. Tom Clarke of Independent Television News… Continue watching
Sep 26 Particle Collider Start-up on Hold Until Spring By PBS News Hour Disappointed scientists learned this week that the Large Hadron Collider -- the most powerful particle collider ever built -- will be shut down until next spring after an electrical glitch sparked a helium leak in the machine's 17 miles of… Continue reading
Sep 10 Scientists Celebrate as Particle Collider Passes First Test By PBS News Hour Scientists fired a beam of protons around a 17-mile, multi-billion dollar track today -- a successful first run for the world's most powerful particle accelerator. Continue reading
Aug 08 World’s Most Powerful Particle Accelerator Set to Launch By PBS News Hour Stretching 17 miles around, a mammoth machine that straddles the Swiss-Franco border will soon start launching the biggest experiments ever attempted in high-energy physics. Continue reading