Tag: lhc
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Tell Me About the Higgs Boson
The Higgs boson is a particle that was first proposed in 1964 by physicist Peter Higgs as a means of explaining why certain subatomic particles have mass. The existence of the Higgs boson was confirmed in 2012 by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The Higgs mechanism, which…
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The Large Hadron Collider | The Marvel Of Humanity
Human beings are capable of many things and our evolution has spiked more recently. Our inventions are endless but one in particular is right out of a science fiction book. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. Located at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva,…