Peter Higgs

Photos: Francois Englert and Peter Higgs win 2013 Nobel in Physics

Britain's Peter Higgs and Francois Englert of Belgium, won the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson particle.

Higgs wins Nobel Prize for Physics: The ten best Higgs Boson jokes online

For physicists, finding the Higgs boson meant that the Higgs field exists. For everyone else, it's a great time to make a wisecrack on Facebook or Twitter.

All you need to know about the Higgs Boson particle

So what is the Higgs boson, the elusive particle that physicists Peter Higgs and Francois Englert theorized about and won the Nobel Prize for on Tuesday?

Malala Yousafzai and Haruki Murakami tipped for Nobel Prizes

A Pakistani teenage activist shot by the Taliban and a Japanese author who writes about alienation and a fractured modern world are tipped as Nobel Prize winners ahead of the annual awards that start on Monday

Will scientist Peter Higgs, of Higgs Boson fame, finally win the Nobel?

Two scientists who predicted the existence of the Higgs Boson - the mysterious particle that explains why elementary matter has mass - are Thomson Reuters' top tips to win this year's Nobel prize in physics.

Will scientist Peter Higgs, of Higgs Boson fame, finally win the Nobel?

Two scientists who predicted the existence of the Higgs Boson - the mysterious particle that explains why elementary matter has mass - are Thomson Reuters' top tips to win this year's Nobel prize in physics.

Higgs boson particle discoverers get Asturias Award

Peter Higgs and François Englert formulated in 1964 the existence of the subatomic Higgs boson particle, but its existence was only confirmed by CERN in 2012.

Here's why the discovery of Higgs boson matters

Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced they are confident that the new subatomic particle discovered last summer is a version of the long-sought Higgs boson. Here's all you need to know.

Here's why the discovery of Higgs boson matters

Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced they are confident that the new subatomic particle discovered last summer is a version of the long-sought Higgs boson. Here's all you need to know.

Searching for our own personal Boson

The world is giddy about the Higgs Boson. But did we forget the Bose behind the Boson? Everyone is scrambling to find their Satyen Bose connection. The problem is only a few of us know what he actually did.