'God Particle' Detected?: Higgs Boson Experiment Bearing Fruit
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 12:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Creating new particles by smashing light speed traveling protons together in the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland is producing breakthroughs in physics. CERN spokesman Guido Tonelli explains the experiment and why it's important.
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