Scientists excited over hints of finding an elusive particle
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 21:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Data from CERN's Large Hadron Collider near Geneva suggest that the Higgs boson, whose existence is key to understanding mass in the universe, may have been found. Or the hints may be a false alarm.Scientists are quivering with anticipation — flying halfway around the world for a close-up view of the action and devouring the latest updates from the blogosphere the way some girls track the doings of Justin Bieber.