
Physicists are more than 99 percent sure that they've found a new elementary particle that is likely the long-sought Higgs boson. Evidence for the new particle was reported today (July 4) by scientists from the world's largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Researchers reported they'd seen a particle weighing roughly 125 times the mass of the proton, with a level of certainty that all but seals the deal it's the Higgs boson....
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