Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Higgs Boson Scientists

Two scientists — François Englert of Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgien, and Peter W. Higgs of the University of Edinburgh, UK — were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics this year for the theory of how particles acquire mass

In 1964, they independently proposed the theory. One of its central ideas was that all mass originates from a special particle, the Higgs particle — an idea that was confirmed by the particle's discovery at the CERN laboratory in 2012

The importance of the Higgs particle discovery is vast for modern physics, as it essentially proves the Standard Model, the current predominant theory of particle physics. Read more...