Scientists find particle consistent with Higgs boson

epa03294683 Rolf Heuer, CERN Director General (C), Fabiola Gianotti, ATLAS experiment spokesperson (L) and Joe Incandela, CMS experiment look at a screen during a scientific seminar to deliver the latest update in the search for the Higgs boson at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, 04 July 2012. Scientists report 04 July 2012 they have discovered a new type of particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson, which would explain why there is mass in the universe, the CERN laboratory announced in Geneva. However, the experiment’s spokesperson Joe Icandela stressed that the results were preliminary. ‘The implications are very significant and it is precisely for this reason that we must be extremely diligent in all of our studies and cross-checks.’ British scientist Peter Higgs and others developed a theory explaining why matter exists, by introducing the Higgs boson as a key part of the mechanism that allows particles to gain mass. EPA/DENIS BALIBOUSE / POOL

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