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"Today, two scientists, Francois Englert and Peter Higgs, were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for a particle whose existence they each predicted individually almost five decades ago, the Higgs Boson. The particle helps explain the origin of mass. Last year researchers at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, confirmed that the particle does, in fact, exist. &amp;quot;Some people have compared it to the discovery of DNA,&amp;quot; said Rolf-Dieter Heuer, CERN&amp;#039;s Director General. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not so wrong. It&amp;#039;s one of the building blocks of our existence. It ranks pretty high in the discoveries of the past century.&amp;quot; According to a statement by the Nobel committee, the Higgs Boson is key to a theory that explains how the world is constructed, the Standard Model of particle physics: &amp;quot;According to the Standard Model, every\u00ADthing, from flowers and people to stars and planets, consists of just a few building blocks: matter particles. These particles are governed by forces mediated by force particles that make sure everything works as it should. The entire Standard Model also rests on the existence of a special kind of particle: the Higgs particle.&amp;quot; Englert said that he didn&amp;#039;t start out with the goal of a Nobel Prize. &amp;quot;We had the impression that we were doing something that was important, that would later on be used by other researchers.&amp;quot; In a statement, Higgs described being overwhelmed at being the award&amp;#039;s co-recipient. &amp;quot;I hope this recognition of fundamental science will help raise awareness of the value of blue-sky research,&amp;quot; he wrote. What do you think of their discovery? Let us know in the comments. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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