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No Higgs Just Yet

Posted by timothy on from the explain-how-finding-it-would-help-me dept.

gbrumfiel writes "Last month, scientists reported a number of 'excess events' that could be caused by the appearance of the long-sought Higgs boson inside the LHC. But it looks like they'll have to put the champagne back on ice. New data presented at a conference in India shows no new signs of the Higgs. The signal was probably just a statistical fluctuation."

2 of 190 comments (clear)

  1. Probably by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    just a higg-up.

  2. Re:God Particle by Baloroth · · Score: 4, Funny

    In this case, it looks like he really is projecting. Projecting a giant "WHOOOOOOSH!" right past you.

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