SWITZERLAND: Physicists are more
than 99 percent sure that they've found a new elementary particle that is
likely the long-sought Higgs boson.
Evidence for the new particle was
reported today (July 4) by scientists from the world's largest atom smasher,
the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Researchers reported they'd seen a
particle weighing roughly 125 times the mass of the proton, with a level of
certainty that all but seals the deal it's the Higgs boson.