The term ``virtual particle'' is an endlessly confusing and confused subject for the layperson, and even for the non-expert scientist. I have read many books for laypeople (yes, I was a layperson once...
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World Socialist Web Site After Higgs Hunt, Fermilab Charts New Paths in Physics Research Voice of America BATAVIA, ILLINOIS — Scientists in Switzerland announced earlier this month [March 14] that they are confident their experiments with the... Delete the scoop?
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It was the final member of the standard model of particle physics left to be discovered. Questions quickly followed the confetti. The particle was not observed directly but through the particles it should decay into, not all of which ... Delete the scoop?
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I wrote this little piece as an attempt to communicate the key ideas behind the Higgs in new ways, a notoriously difficult thing to do without the underlying mathematics, as emphasised here and, controversially, here – BB The ... Delete the scoop?
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Dark Matter Exposed? Gamma-Ray Find Excites ScientistsLiveScience.com(When particles of matter and their antimatter counterparts meet, they destroy each other.) In the dense center of the Milky Way, enough WIMPs should exist that many bump into... Delete the scoop?
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Boston GlobeHiggs Boson Impostors? It's Possible, Say Scientists: PCWorld Could the particle discovered at CERN be a Higgs Boson impostor? One group of scientists think there's a chance that that might be the case.'God particle' or tip of the iceberg? Delete the scoop?
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PhysicsCentral.com (blog)The Higgs That Got Away, the “Bump” that Wouldn't and Other Loose Ends at ...PhysicsCentral.com (blog)“If we would have been more lucky and the Higgs mass would have been at 115 or 160 GeV instead of 125, we could have... Delete the scoop?
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(Phys.org) -- It was a little over two years ago that the Large Hadron Collider kicked off its search for the Higgs boson. Delete the scoop?
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The Higgs Boson. What more need be said? Two more Higgs videos coming soon. Also, explore a map of the big bang! http://www.bigbangregistry.com Theory of Eve... 
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That helps me understand the science better. Michael Ross www.mforums.org Delete the scoop?
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It's clear where the Higgs boson gets its name, but what about the other curious and poetical terms particle physics has generated in the last century? Delete the scoop?
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Researchers said they had discovered what looked for all the world like the Higgs boson, a long-sought particle that could lead to a new understanding of how the universe began. Delete the scoop?
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A timeline of the Standard Model of particle physicsON JULY 4th researchers at CERN, Europe's main particle-physics lab, confirmed their discovery of something that looks very much like the Higgs boson. Delete the scoop?
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TopNews Arab Emirates New Evidence Strengthens Case That Scientists Have Discovered a Higgs Boson Newswise (press release) “Clear evidence that the new particle is the Standard Model Higgs boson still would not complete our understanding of the... Delete the scoop?
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Observations of early universe hint at a giant excess of anti-neutrinos Phys.Org (Phys.org) —Scientists have a great deal of evidence to support the fact that the universe contains much more baryonic matter than baryonic anti-matter, a phenomenon... Delete the scoop?
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CERN ALPHA 2 – the next big anti-matter machine measuring anti-hydrogen After their historic triumph trapping & measuring anti-hydrogen (see previous films) the guys on ALPHA are preparing their next anti-hydrogen trap — an ... Delete the scoop?
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If anyone asks you 'What's up?', you may safely answer 'temperatures at CERN's Large Hadron Collider'. Delete the scoop?
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Antimatter: Next Holy Grail for Physics http://t.co/UydyX5YJ Delete the scoop?
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The announcement last week of the first definitive evidence of a new particle, likely the long-awaited Higgs boson ... Delete the scoop?
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Nobel laureate occasionally hangs out on street corners, answering physics ...Boing BoingI was imagining something like "Particle Physics Advice: 5 cents", which is a little off. But not by much. Delete the scoop?
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Robin McKie: It will take more than this major scientific breakthrough to secure the continued quest for the cosmos's secrets... Delete the scoop?
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Higgs For Mere Classrooms. It's going to happen. Someone in your class is going to bring up the Higgs announcement. Delete the scoop?
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Confirmation of the existence of the Higgs boson would stand out as one of great scientific achievements of the 21st Century so far, but what exactly is the Higgs? Delete the scoop?
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