large hadron collider experiments

A documentary produced by a Johns Hopkins University physicist reveals what went on behind the scenes as researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research launched a set of experiments to prove or disprove the existence of what is known as the Higgs boson.

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 that explains how elementary matter attained the mass to form stars and planets.

If you want a closer look at physicists' search for the "God particle," here are some books to guide you.

Funding basic scientific research, such as the abandoned SuperConducting SuperCollider project, will benefit future generations of Americans in ways we can't foresee