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January 06, 2014

SciTechTalk: Particle physicists ready to go beyond the 'God particle'
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 05, 2014
Having been successful in their search for the Higgs boson - the so-called "God particle" that appeared to put a big red ribbon of completion on the Standard Model of physics - you would think particle physicists would be happy to put their feet up on the couch and bask in the glow of their accomplishment. But no, they're off on a new hunt, this time for something called "supersymmetry." Before we get into the mind-bending suppositions behind supersymmetry, a quick primer on the Higgs particl ... read more

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