Professor Peter Higgs collects Nobel Prize for `God particle`

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 23:54

Professor Peter Higgs has received his Nobel prize for physics at a ceremony in Stockholm.

R Chidambaram stresses for India’s participation in global mega-science projects

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 20:27

Renowned Indian physicist and nuclear scientist R Chidambaram, stressed for India’s participation in critical science research while speaking at Calcutta University’s annual convocation in Kolkata on Friday.

Peter Higgs to receive Freedom of Edinburgh

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 23:30

Professor Peter Higgs will be given the Freedom of Edinburgh for his contribution to science.

Stephen Hawking says God particle discovery makes physics boring

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 16:59

Stephen Hawking has said that physics would have been more interesting if the Higgs boson particle hadn`t been found.

Boson`s naming after SN Bose bigger honour than Nobel: Indian physicists

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 15:14

Welcoming the Nobel Prize to Britain`s Peter Higgs and Belgian Francois Englert for their work on the Higgs Boson - popularly known as the "God particle" - prominent Indian physicists Tuesday asserted that though Indian scientist S.N. Bose did not receive the Nobel, the christening of the particle after him and Higgs is the biggest honour.

`Dark universe` beckons as research target after Higgs boson wins Nobel

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 09:09

With the Higgs boson in the bag, the head of the CERN research center urged scientists on Tuesday to push on to unveil the "dark universe" - the hidden stuff that makes up 95 percent of the cosmos and is still a mystery to earthbound researchers.

`God Particle` Nobel ticks boson box for CERN

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 22:34

The reflected glory of a Nobel prize for the minds behind the "God particle" sent champagne corks popping at Europe`s top physics lab CERN Tuesday, vindicating its landmark discovery a year ago.

Nobel physics laureate Higgs `overwhelmed`

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 22:18

British scientist Peter Higgs On Tuesday said he was "overwhelmed" after he and his Belgian colleague Francois Englert won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the `God particle`.

Factfile on Higgs boson- the `God particle`

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 21:33

The Higgs boson is a sub-atomic particle that confers mass on matter. Without it, the Universe would have no substance and life would not exist.

Peter Higgs, Francois Englert win 2013 physics Nobel prize for predicting existence of Higgs boson

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 16:35

Britain`s Peter Higgs and Belgium`s Francois Englert won the 2013 Nobel prize for physics for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson.

Two Higgs boson scientists tipped for Nobel Prize

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 13:51

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.

Edinburgh University to offer free Higgs boson course online

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 21:31

Students around the world who want to know more about the ‘god particle’ or ‘Higgs boson’ can smile as they can now learn for free though online about the mysterious work of particle physicist Professor Peter Higgs.