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How the Higgs boson could reveal the fate of our universe

It's just over ten years ago that the Higgs boson was first discovered. Physicist Toyoko Orimoto writes that the particle could lead us to more discoveries, such as if there are other spatial dimensions and the eventual fate of the universe

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Gravitational waves could reveal the existence of quark matter

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Higgs boson's width measured with most accuracy yet

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Proton's stretchiness is a puzzle for particle physicists

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Physicists made the most precise measurement ever of a single particle

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Protons inside some types of hydrogen and helium are behaving weirdly

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Physicists surprised to discover the proton contains a charm quark

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Ten years after the Higgs discovery, what now for particle physics?

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Ten years after the Higgs discovery, what now for particle physics?

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Elusive exotic matter called a tetraneutron possibly seen in the lab

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Strange new Higgs particles could explain shocking W boson result

Ideas from beyond the standard model of particle physics, including technicolor and glueball Higgs particles, could explain the recent shock finding that the W boson is heavier than we thought

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DNA-based detector could precisely track subatomic particles

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Particle physics could be rewritten after shock W boson measurement

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Strongest ever magnetic field fails to make predicted exotic particles

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Advances in physics may seem abstract at first but tech often follows

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