Stephen Hawking and CERN team win $3-million in science prize money

Stephen Hawking and CERN team win $3-million in science prize money

11 Dec 2012 20:24 - Reuters
Stephen Hawking, world-famous cosmologist, and the team behind the discovery of the 'God particle', have won a $3-million science price each.
Locals join the hunt for missing link

Locals join the hunt for missing link

06 Jul 2012 06:54 - Faranaaz Parker
Thousands of scientists contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson, and among them were some of South Africa's brightest minds.
An idiot's guide to subatomic theory

An idiot's guide to subatomic theory

06 Jul 2012 06:56 - Tim Dowling
How does one explain the Higgs boson to a layperson, a child, an idiot? Just use this handy guide to selective explanation.
'I had a nightmare ... '

'I had a nightmare ... '

06 Jul 2012 06:57 - Ian Sample
The search for the arcane, theoretical particle known as the Higgs boson has occupied thousands of researchers for more than two decades.
Like a boson: Higgs-like 'God particle' discovered

Like a boson: Higgs-like 'God particle' discovered

04 Jul 2012 10:31 - AFP
Physicists say they have found a new subatomic particle consistent with the "God particle" Higgs boson, which is believed to confer mass.

'God particle' is running out of places to hide

25 Aug 2011 15:19 - Staff Reporter
The hunt is still on for the elusive "God particle" but scientists say they believe they can come up with an answer by the end of 2012.

Mystery 'creation' particle still evades scientists

26 Jul 2011 07:50 - Robert Evans
The mysterious "creation" particle believed to have turned flying debris into stars and planets at the dawn of the universe has evaded capture.

Race to find 'God' particle enters final stretch

25 Jul 2011 18:36 - Staff Reporter
The world's top atom-smashers have found tantalising hints that the long-sought Higgs boson particle truly exists, with proof "likely by late 2012".