Britain’s Peter Higgs and Francois Englert of Belgium have won the Nobel Prize for physics for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson particle.

A year since the discovery of a subatomic particle set the science world aflutter, evidence is mounting it may be the elusive Higgs boson.

Stephen Hawking, world-famous cosmologist, and the team behind the discovery of the ‘God particle’, have won a $3-million science price each.

The search for the arcane, theoretical particle known as the Higgs boson has occupied thousands of researchers for more than two decades.

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Thousands of scientists contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson, and among them were some of South Africa’s brightest minds.

Physicists say they have found a new subatomic particle consistent with the "God particle" Higgs boson, which is believed to confer mass.

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.

The mysterious "creation" particle believed to have turned flying debris into stars and planets at the dawn of the universe has evaded capture.

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".