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Higgs Boson God Particle Physicists Win 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics [Video]

Theoretical physicists Peter Higgs and François Englert, the two responsible for setting forth the idea of the "God particle," have won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday.

LHC Shuts Down: After Higgs-Boson, CERN Takes Two-Year Break for Upgrades to Supercollider

The Large Hadron Collider, the European particle accelerator that identified what might be the Higgs boson, will shut down for two years to allow crews to upgrade it.

Higgs Boson: CERN's Collider Shutting Down for Two Years for Overhaul, Prepping for Other Experiments

It was a big year for the largest and most powerful atom smasher ever built, but it looks like the next round of experiments and discoveries from it will have to wait until at least 2015.

Stephen Hawking, CERN Higgs Boson Particle Discovery Wins $3 Million Prize from Yuri Milner's Foundation

Acclaimed British cosmologist Stephen Hawking and seven scientists have been awarded $3 million by a Russian billionaire tech investor Yuri Milner for their respective works regarding space and physics.

Higgs Boson 'God Particle' nominated as TIME Person of the Year

One of the most talked about discoveries of the scientific community this year--the Higgs boson, or the "God particle"--could be selected as the Time Person of the Year.