field, this higgs particle. that's the one we've needed to finish this story. >> rose: so now that we have that and everybody's convinced we have that, correct? >> well, we don't yet know that it's exactly standard model higgs. but we certainly found a new particle and it begins to smell like a higgs so we'll see over the course of the next few months. >> rose: and what doors does it open to us? >> well, as brian said, it is the thing that explains to us how our fundamental particles got mass and it is a piece of the puzzle and now that we have this we can move on from here. and maybe it isn't even a standard model higgs, maybe it's something more exotic, that remains to be seen. >> rose: what would be another big question this might help us answer? >> well, there are a number of questions. one of the questions that we... depending on what it is. but if it is a standard-model higgs we're trying to understand what is beyond the standard model. what might be there after this? so here we can put this together now an

they now say they found a new particle that's consistent with the higgs boson. the subatomic particle is considered the missing piece of the puzzle to understanding how the universe was made. >> we have a success today we have a discovery. we have discovered a new particle of boson, a higgs boson. >> scientists made the highly anticipated announcement in geneva. a group of researchers from europe, north america, asia and other regions have been carrying out the experiments since 2008. confirming existence of the higgs would provide the missing piece of the fundamental theory of physics known as the standard model. scientists have discovered the 16 other subatomic particles in the model. they say positive identification of the new particles' characteristics will take more time. the higgs boson is named after british physicist peter higgs. he predicted in 1964 the existence of this elusive subatomic particle. the boson is believed to give mass to everything from atoms to people. scientists believe that without the higgs there would be no gravity and no universe. th

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closer to discovering just how the universe began they say they found be elusive god particle it's believed to be the higgs bo's'n the particle that makes up the very fabric of our existence. gets to grips with one of the most anticipated finds of a generation. scientists working at the large hadron collider have said that they've discovered a new particle which is consistent with the higgs bo's'n all the elusive god particle now why that is so important is well if this proves to be the higgs bo's'n it proves right a whole lot of theory that scientists have been working with for the best part of fifty years now concerning the creation of the universe how it works and most importantly why things have muss up until now we've only been able to really theorize mass into equations concerning particle physics it's all very very complex science in fact some of those working at the large hadron collider of said that it's well probably easier to find the higgs boson than to explain it to the lay person imagine good we have

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no, the higgs particle grants the -- tom cruise would be a high mass particle that the higgs field gives>> i see. >> a high party mass. >> the higgs field confers upon -- on a certain person, a certain particle, tom cruise-like status? >> precisely. and it's the properties of that particle interacting with that field that we would then measure as mass. and not all particles have the same mass. and so -- nor do all people accrete as many as would happen at an l.a. party. i have to specify l.a. because in new york, you might be intrigued by someone who you haven't met yet. give them attention. but never seen that happen. >> new york chauvinist. on the day this was announced, july 4 -- >> ooh -- >> you tweeted this was a good day for science but a bad day for america in a sense. >> in a sense. i used more colorful language than that, but yes. yes. >> let's talk about the fact that this particle could have been discovered in america by american scientists. we had the earliest version of the large haldron collider, built in texas. we spent $12 billion on it. after the cold war we decided we d

researchers say they think they have finally discovered the so-called god particle, the higgs boson particle. but tonight here, we ask, is this the bang in the big bang theory? and we get help from dr. michio kaku. there were cheerms and ovations, after a moment scientists had longed before. tonight, they believe what's known in the science world also the god particle has been discovered. the prt can that could unlock the key to what gives all matter of the universe its size, its shape. just like gravity, scientists long knew it was there, then isaac newton dils covered it. now, after decades of knowing this particle exists, they have finally seen clear evidence of it. they discovered it while smashing atoms together, breaking them down. right there in the emergency released newly discovered prt can. you've been smashing these particles together, trying to break it down and find it? >> that's right. we had this machine that excel rates protons. they slam together, creating 14 trillion electron volts. semithat churps at energies not seen since the instance of the big bang. when these two beam

out it pops this particle, the higgs boson. this particle relates to a field. they call it the higgs mechanism. as other particles travel through this field, they have drag. this is our understanding of how mass works. this shows us that this is real and we can close this mathematical model. >> you can see why this is quite challenging for the layperson. when people try to go to the moon and apollo 11, we knew that was huge. when we read about penicillin been discovered, we knew that was huge. why is there any practical way in which this could be huge? >> first, there is a philosophical answer to that, which is, i want to know why i am here. let's throw all of that out and just look at the engineering and technology. go back 100 years to the first elementary particle that was discovered, the electron. all the other elementary particles -- we understand how the realm of the very small works. what does that give us? it gives us electronics. think about the computing that has gone into making this discovery. it is immense. what do we get out of cern? they wanted so

together producing a large shower of debris that they now know contains the footprint of the higgs particle. as they find out more about how the particle behaves, they are sure it will open doors to new science. >> what this observations does is opens up a new vista of physics, it sort of closes a chapter of the 20th century science and brings us into the 21st century. scientists know that 95% of the universe is made of what they call dark matter that they can't see. the higgs bozon could be the link between ordinary stuff and the dark matter. in the next two years, scientists will be ramping it up to higher images precisely to try to answer that. >> that was itn's lawrence mcginty reporting >>> in alabama, it was a different kind of fourth of july blast. crews there blew up the 13-story building complex at the university of alabama. the rose towers as they were known housed more than 30,000 students and faculty over five decades. some of the alumni came back to watch a piece of their past come tumbling town. it will take three weeks to clean that up. >>> in illinois, there was a train dera

though they couldn't say they positively found the higgs boson particle itself, they could say they found that walks and talks like one and may be it. peter higgs himself was satisfied, his theory vindicated. >> to me it's really an incredible thing that's happened in my lifetime. >> reporter: the challenge now is to explain what it means. professor heinz wolff has been trying to explain science for decades. he even devised a machine to blast meat pies at each other to demonstrate what an atom smasher does. (laughter) so what does the discovery mean for us? >> if you're the lay any the supermarket, it isn't going to make any difference to you. >> reporter: but the supermarket wouldn't be there. >> well, the weight of the supermarket, or mass of the supermarket. >> reporter: the supermarket exists and the universe exists and now these people believe they've found the tiny particle that provides the cosmic glue that holds it all together. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> glor: records are broken all the time at the olympics, but history like this has never been made. south africa's oscar

is this really the haigs particle -- higgs particle? >> i would say yes, we have found it, but clearly, this is just a belief. you have to go closer and closer. so far, this means we have to take more data and analyze more properties of this particle to be absolutely sure that it is this particle or something which looks like it but maybe a different variety of it. >> why is this sometimes called the god particle? >> it is really a funny story. a famous physicist wants to write a book because physicists at that time had already looked 20 years for it, but his editor did not like the name because he thought it might hurt some religious feelings, so he called it god particle and thought that was so much better. joking aside, it is a particle which gives them which determines some of the properties of the universe. it gives all particle's mass and properties and is somehow like cosmic dna. it is really important. >> we thank you very much for the -- that. >> and elation has turned into a tragic cost and submitted hostage situation. a man w

if we find the higgs and particles like that we'll under how we came to be, the origin of the earth andrything stems on this experiment. >> it is the big question. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> the food and drug administration has as proved the first over the counter h.i.v. test that allows people to get results at home. here's a picture of the device. the test takes less than a half hour. previously the fda approved home testing kits that required users to send out blood samples to a lab. the feds say the new at home test not really perfect but correctly detects h.i.v. the virus that causes aids more than 90% of the time. the government estimates more than 1 million americans carry h.i.v. and up to 1/5 of them don't know they're infected. >>> a new effort to find out what happened to legendary aviator amelia earhart. the expedition off a remote pacific island that organizers say could solve the mystery of her disappearance 75 years ago exactly. people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent s

anticipated scientific discovery in over a decade rumor has it they found the tracks of the higgs both known as the god particle which could offer us answers as to how the universe works to break it all down artie's peter oliver spoke to a surface a physicist. since it was first theorized almost fifty years ago scientists have been striving to prove the existence of the higgs bo's'n the reason for the decades of higgs hunting is the hope that this elusive particle can fill in some of the gaps in our understanding of how the universe works but the dominant theory physicists work with has the less than grandiose title of the standard model now if we think of our theory as a jigsaw with a whole load of pieces missing finding out that the higgs does exist would allow those gaps to be filled in giving scientists a clearer picture of what is in front of them this particle or sort of the holes of one it was not planned experiment on people was hunting quarters particles for years and now we are witnessing clearly historical one one of the reasons for such

basic component of everything in the universe something that scientists call the god particle or more technically the higgs bozo the god particle was first conceived of way back in one nine hundred sixty four and ever since it has been the most sought after scientific discovery for nearly fifty years now and on wednesday morning scientists at the large hadron collider could announce that they finally found it or at least that they found evidence that it actually exists so what that means and how would it change our understanding of life the universe and everything joining me now is professor robert roser member of the particle physics division with fermi lab in spokesperson for the c.d.f. experiment at the department of energy's fermi national accelerator laboratory professor roeser welcome oh thanks for having thanks for coming on so let's start at the basics why is the higgs bo'sun or the god particle so important well so we have these fundamental theory of how that universe was created by the standard model. the since we're lacking one very simple of the basic components the center model is made up of o

swims in a kind of sticky syrup that gives those particles mass. the higgsovered today is what makes this syrup sticky. interestingly, this particle is not what was predicted. and so it opens the door to an entirely new model of the universe called super symmetry. >> for sure in my profession this is by far the most exciting day. >> the new particle is lighter than expected. >> the fact that it is actually rather light is taken as a hint that super symmetry e theory of >>for having dark matter in the universe. >> 80% of everything is thought to be mysterious dark matter. today's new subatomic particle may lead to a new understanding. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> there is word tonight that facebook will pay the city of atherton. officials are worried about added traffic clogging the intersection. so now facebook has negotiated a agreement, giving them $365,000 to use for traffic mitigation or anything else the city wants to spend it on. a reminder here, you can get ktvu news to go on your cell phone. you can watch all of our newscasts live that way you can be co

scientists working at the large hadron collider have said that they've discovered a new particle which is consistent with the higgs bo's'n all the elusive god particle now why that is so important is well if this proves to be the higgs bo's'n it proves right a whole lot of theory that scientists have been working with for the best part of fifty years now concerning the creation of the universe how it works and most importantly why things have muss up until now we've only been able to really theorize mass into equations concerning particle physics if we look at it this way the main theory worked within this area of science is the well less than grandiose name of the standard model and if we think of that as a jigsaw puzzle with a whole load of different pieces missing if this proves to be the higgs bo's'n well that fills in some of those missing pieces giving scientists a clearer picture of what they're working with now it's all very very complex science in fact some of those working at the large hadron collider of said that it's well probably easier to find the higgs boson than to explain it to the lay person imag

swims in a kind of sticky syrup that gives those particles mass. the higgs discovered today is what makes this syrup sticky. interestingly, this particle is not what was predicted. and so it opens the door to an entirely new model of the universe called super symmetry. >> for sure in my profession this is by far the most exciting day. >> the new particle is lighter than expected. >> the fact that it is actually rather light is taken as a hint that super symmetry might indeed be the theory of nature. >> a solution for having dark matter in the universe. >> 80% of everything is thought to be mysterious dark matter. today's new subatomic particle may lead to a new understanding. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> there is word tonight that facebook will pay the city of atherton. officials are worried about added traffic clogging the intersection. so now facebook has negotiated a agreement, giving them $365,000 to use for traffic mitigation or anything else the city wants to spend it on. a reminder here, you can get ktvu news to go on your cell phone. you can watch all o

and that's where the higgs boson comes in, a particle that acts like glue, giving other particles mass years of theory now momentous discovery unlocking new areas of research. peter higgs known as a quiet man is suddenly in the limelight. the particle he suggested in the '60s is recognized as fundamentally important. the giant machines that did research costs several billion pounds. and no one knows what spin-offs there might be. when the electron and dna were discovered it took decades to see their potential. the higgs boson could prove the same. david shukman, bbc news. >> that makes sense. >> it makes sense, yes. >> it makes a lot of sense. acts like glue and gives particles mass here. interesting side note, higgs is an atheist and hates the term god particle because of his religious belief. interesting. >> it is interesting. >> i was never good at physics. >> i understood that. >>> all right, coming up next -- he was told he will never walk. >> look at him he could be the next olympic running star. look at him he could be the next olympic running star. 3q take the gamble out of sta

the first thing is god's particle and many people say it's a misnomer but it sort of fits the bill, i think, with the discovery of the higgsle. if you're an expert in particle physics, please excuse my rather crude explanation of this. but it was discovered at the european organization for nuclear research known as cern and that's in geneva. they have something miles and miles under the earth between straddling the border between france and switzerland. people have compared it to like a race track where they do nothing but run these subatomic particles and smashing them at very high rates of speed and voila, they think they have this higgs boson particle which is pretty much the glue of the universe. now, you actually don't see it which leads me to the quote of the week, i think, you don't see it directly. you have to sift through the debris of trillions of subatomic particles and "the washington post" had the greatest post of the week. it's like defining the presence of an elusive snow leopard by studying crisscrossed footprints. there were webcasts all around the world and scientists rejoicing and even peter higgs who is