4 November 2022
It's just over ten years ago that the Higgs boson was first discovered. Physicist Toyoko Orimoto writes that the particle could lead us to more discoveries, such as if there are other spatial dimensions and the eventual fate of the universe
20 October 2022
Large Hadron Collider has helped determine the distribution of masses that the Higgs boson can have, a measure known as its width
2 September 2022
Particle colliders use a huge amount of energy, so physicists are evaluating proposed successors to the Large Hadron Collider to optimise efficiency and reduce their climate impact
2 May 2022
Ideas from beyond the standard model of particle physics, including technicolor and glueball Higgs particles, could explain the recent shock finding that the W boson is heavier than we thought
7 August 2020
Physicists at CERN hope seeing the Higgs boson do something unexpected could reveal why different particles vary in mass, but so far it is behaving exactly as predicted
18 December 2019
The 2010s saw huge advancements across science and technology. Relive the best moments with our definitive ranking of the decade
7 June 2018
The Higgs boson has been seen acting just as the standard model of physics predicts – which leaves us without clues to dark matter and other mysteries
19 March 2018
The most precise calculation of the lifetime of our universe finds that a bubble of vacuum energy made by the Higgs boson could envelop us all in 10139 years
19 December 2017
It is almost six years since the LHC spotted the Higgs boson, and the collider will soon shut down for upgrades. Will it find anything else?
