Higgs Boson Discovered

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Physicists Peter Higgs, right, and Francois Englert attend a news conference at CERN,
near Geneva, on July 4, 2012. Photographer: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

Two European scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics for describing the Higgs boson,
a theoretical particle that may explain where mass comes from and advances
man’s understanding of how the world is constructed.

Peter Higgs, 84, a retired professor of theoretical physics at the University of Edinburgh,
and Francois Englert, 80, a retired professor at the Free University of Brussels,
will share the 8 million-krona ($1.25 million) prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
said today in Stockholm.