The Fingerprints the Higgs Leaves Behind | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network

The Fingerprints the Higgs Leaves Behind | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network:

Tomorrow, the Nobel prize in physics will most likely be awarded to Peter Higgs and Francois Englert. Along with other researchers, the two physicists are credited with the 1964 introduction of the then-theoretical Higgs field—a fluid that permeates every corner of the universe and gives each particle a distinct mass. The physical manifestation of this field, the Higgs boson particle, was finally confirmed in March of 2013.