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Tantalizing indications, but no proof, of existence of Higgs boson — ‘God particle’

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Scientists and Switzerland have come close to proving the existence of the Higgs boson, but so far they don’t have the evidence they need to make a conclusive finding. The so-called ‘God particle’ is expected to be a key in understanding the presence of mass in the universe.

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Large Hadron Collider to go offline as CERN investigates coolant leak

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