"We don't call it the 'God particle', it's just the media that do that," a senior U.S. scientist politely told an interviewer on a major European radio station on Tuesday. "Well, I am the from the ...

The Higgs boson is perhaps better known by its sexier nickname: the "God particle." But in fact, many scientists, including the physicist for whom it is named, dislike the term. In 1993, when American ...

GENEVA – To cheers and standing ovations, scientists at the world’s biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it "consistent" with the long-sought Higgs ...

The existence of the Higgs boson completes the standard model of particle physics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On April 8, ...

The father of a theoretical subatomic particle dubbed "the God particle" says he's almost sure it will be confirmed in the next year in a race between powerful research equipment in the United States ...

BERLIN (AP) — The renowned lab that confirmed the existence of the elusive “God particle” has selected an Italian physicist who played a key role in that research to be its new director general. The ...