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03 Sep 2012 | 11:19 BST

Boson debate

Posted by Subhra Priyadarshini | Categories: Particle Physics, Policy, Sciences

Rolf-Dieter Heuer

Why’s the ‘boson’ of Higg’s boson written in lower case? Why hasn’t the Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, after whom the celebrated particle is half named, not been awarded the Nobel Prize yet [1, 2, 3, 4]? Why isn’t India, despite her traditional strength in particle physics, not an associate member of the mother of all particle physics labs CERN?  Read more

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04 Jul 2012 | 16:12 BST

High on Higgs

Posted by Subhra Priyadarshini | Categories: Particle Physics, Sciences

High on Higgs

Watching the live webcast from CERN and the press conference thereafter, I could only sigh: Wish I were there today to witness history being made in particle physics. The rest of the day went in reading my colleague Geoff Brumfiel’s live blog from CERN and his witty analysis of the discovery of Higgs boson and, of course, the umpteen serious and funny takes on Twitter.  Read more

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