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The magnet core of the world's largest superconducting solenoid magnet CERN's Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland (AAP file)

Have physicists found the 'God particle'?

The search is all but over for a subatomic particle that is a crucial building block of the universe.

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Scientists last year say they found a 'Higgs-like' particle (Reuters)

One last test before Higgs is confirmed

Physicists in Italy are achingly close to concluding that what they found last year was the Higgs boson.

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The calculation rests on the mass of the particle believed to be the Higgs boson (file pic)

Vacuum bubble could destroy universe

Scientists say the universe could be devoured from within by a vacuum bubble expanding at the speed of light.

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Hawking, collider scientists honoured

Stephen Hawking and seven scientists at the world's biggest atom-smasher have been awarded millions of dollars.

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Too much Higgs, not enough boson

While much of the world was celebrating the international cooperation that led to last week's breakthrough in identifying the existence of the Higgs boson particle, many in India were smarting over what they saw as a slight against one of their greatest scientists.

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The CMS experiment in the control room of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (Reuters)

Pakistan shuns physicist linked to 'God particle'

The pioneering work of Abdus Salam, Pakistan's only Nobel laureate, helped lead to the apparent discovery of the subatomic "God particle" last week. But the late physicist is no hero at home, where his name has been stricken from school textbooks.

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Stephen Hawking gets it wrong

When 34-year-old Peter Higgs started the search for the mysterious “God particle” in the 1960s he was told his theory was ridiculous.

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Scientists beleive they may have evidence of the Higgs boson (Photo: CERN)

A closer look at the Higgs boson

Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle that looks remarkably like the long-sought Higgs boson.

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Pier Oddone of Fermilab talks during the Australian Science Media Centre background briefing on the search for the Higgs boson in Melbourne (Reuters)

Physicists celebrate evidence of particle

Scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher hailed the discovery of "the missing cornerstone of physics".

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An undated handout computer genenrated image provided by CERN shows the 'typical candidate' event

NZ's role in Higgs boson discovery

Physicists trying to prove the existence of the so called ‘god particle’ that holds our world together say they've found the strongest evidence yet that the Higgs boson particle does exist.

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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN (Reuters)

NZ scientists welcome Higgs Boson

New Zealand scientists are welcoming the news that the so-called "God particle" - the Higgs boson - appears to have been discovered.

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A technician looks at collision at the CMS experiment in the control room of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva (Reuters/Denis Balibouse)

Strong evidence of Higgs-like boson

One of the two independent teams at the world's biggest atom smasher said Wednesday it has found strong evidence of a new subatomic particle.

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Scientists close in on Higgs boson

More scientists are getting closer in the search for the "God particle" of physics.

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Guido Tonelli (R), CMS experiment spokesperson, next to Rolf Heuer (C), CERN Director General (Reuters file)

Europe closes in on 'God particle'

More scientists are getting closer in the search for the "God particle" of physics that would help explain the fundamentals of the universe, but they haven't found it yet.

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