Scientist backs discovery of Higgs boson in capital
The scientist who heads the world's largest particle physics laboratory said it is beyond any doubt that a Higgs boson particle has been discovered.
The scientist who heads the world's largest particle physics laboratory said it is beyond any doubt that a Higgs boson particle has been discovered.
PROUD: Professor Rolf Heuer and Professor Peter Higgs discussed their work and the recent discovery.
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Professor Rolf Heuer, director general of Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, told students at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh he would stick his neck out and say it had been found by scientists.
Mr Heuer, who met Professor Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the particle, was talking about the recent announcement that teams at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the £2.6 billion "Big Bang" atom-smasher in Switzerland had found a particle consistent with the Higgs boson.
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