The discovery of a new particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle,” has been named the “Breakthrough of the Year” by Science Magazine. The particle was discovered by scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) using the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, and the discovery was announced on July 4 at a particle physics conference.
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