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Physicists Say they Have Found the "God Particle"

by KREX News Room
by Jacklyn Thrapp

Story Created: Mar 14, 2013 at 6:28 AM MDT

Story Updated: Mar 14, 2013 at 7:17 AM MDT

GENEVA (AP) - Physicists say they are now confident they have discovered a long-sought subatomic particle known as a Higgs boson.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, says a look at all the data from 2012 shows that what they found last year was a version of what is popularly referred to as the ``God particle.''

CERN physicist Joe Incandela says, ``it is clear that we are dealing with a Higgs boson though we still have a long way to go to know what kind of Higgs boson it is.''

The long-theorized subatomic particle would explain why matter has mass. It is considered a missing cornerstone of physics.

Last July scientists with the world's largest atom-smasher announced finding a particle they described as Higgs-like.

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Scott said on Thursday, Mar 14 at 4:28 PM

Out of curiosity, why does an article on Particle physics have a graphic of a DNA double helix? And sadly, no one seems to have noticed.

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