Physicists say they have found a Higgs bosonPUBLISHED: 15 Mar
2013 05:58:00 | UPDATED: 15 Mar 2013 09:01:20PRINT EDITION: 15
Mar 2013 The search is all but over for a sub-atomic particle
that is a crucial building block of the universe. Physicists
said they believe they have discovered the sub-atomic particle
predicted nearly half a century ago, which will go a long way
toward explaining what gives electrons and all matter in the
universe size and shape. The elusive particle, called a Higgs
boson, was predicted in 1964 to help fill in our understanding
of the creation of the universe, which many theorise occurred in
a massive explosion known as the Big Bang. The particle was
named for Peter Higgs, one of the physicists who proposed its
existence, but it later became popularly known as the God
particle. Last July, scientists at CERN, the Geneva-based
European Organisation for Nuclear Research, announced finding a
particle they described as Higgs-like, but they stopped short of
saying conclusively that it was t