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Higgs boson discovery still unconfirmed, but now more likely than ever

By Aaron Souppouris on March 14, 2013 06:13 am + 30 comments

Eight months after announcing the discovery of a new particle "consistant with Higgs boson," Continue reading…
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Paralympic opening ceremony turns stadium into Large Hadron Collider

By Louis Goddard on August 30, 2012 08:44 am + 2 comments

The opening ceremony for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London last night was a celebration of science Continue reading…
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CERN scientists may have set new man-made heat record: 9.9 trillion degrees Fahrenheit

By Adi Robertson on August 15, 2012 12:05 pm + 55 comments

Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider may have generated the hottest temperatures ever made by Continue reading…
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The Large Hadron Collider and processing data at a million gigabytes per second

By Justin Rubio on August 3, 2012 11:53 am + 10 comments

Using the Large Hadron Collider, CERN recently discovered a particle consistent with the Higgs boson, Continue reading…
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Large Hadron Collider's secrets revealed in dramatic photo set

By Louis Goddard on July 7, 2012 11:43 am + 28 comments

In a special photographic feature yesterday, The Atlantic published 34 pictures showing the Continue reading…
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What is the Higgs boson?

By Louis Goddard on July 5, 2012 09:04 am + 33 comments

Since the discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson yesterday, a lot of people have Continue reading…
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The Higgs boson: CERN's quest to discover the elusive God particle

By Vlad Savov on July 4, 2012 06:53 am

The Large Hadron Collider, a series of tunnels constructed deep underground on the Swiss-French Continue reading…
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CERN announces discovery of new particle consistent with Higgs boson

By Jeff Blagdon on July 4, 2012 03:38 am + 184 comments

Scientists at CERN say they've found a new particle consistent with the Standard Model Higgs boson Continue reading…
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Watch this: CERN now broadcasting update on Higgs boson live

By Sam Byford on July 4, 2012 02:56 am + 65 comments

CERN is holding a seminar to update the world on the progress it has made searching for the elusive Continue reading…
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RHIC sets world record for hottest man-made temperature

By Kimber Streams on June 26, 2012 04:25 pm + 25 comments

Researchers at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have set a Guinness World Record for Continue reading…