Higgs boson scientists win Nobel prize in physics. 8 October 2013Last updated at 10:01 ET By James Morgan Science reporter, BBC News The Nobel committee decided Englert and Higgs should jointly take the accolade for the boson, discovered at Cern in 2012 Two scientists have won the Nobel prize in physics for their work on the theory of the Higgs boson. Peter Higgs, from the UK, and Francois Englert from Belgium, share the prize.
In the 1960s, they were among several physicists who proposed a mechanism to explain why the most basic building blocks of the Universe have mass. The mechanism predicts a particle - the Higgs boson - which was finally discovered in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern, in Switzerland. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote "I am overwhelmed to receive this award... End QuotePeter HiggsEmeritus professor of theoretical physics, University of Edinburgh Profile: Peter Higgs 'On holiday' But the university released a prepared statement from Higgs, 84, who is an emeritus professor of theoretical physics: The Scale of the Universe 2.
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Health. Biology. Looking for the Lost City of Atlantis. Israeli Archaeologists Find a 1,500-Year-Old Byzantine Church Southwest of Jerusalem. HIRBET MADRAS (AP).- Israeli archaeologists presented a newly uncovered 1,500-year-old church in the Judean hills on Wednesday, including an unusually well-preserved mosaic floor with images of lions, foxes, fish and peacocks. The Byzantine church located southwest of Jerusalem, excavated over the last two months, will be visible only for another week before archaeologists cover it again with soil for its own protection. The small basilica with an exquisitely decorated floor was active between the fifth and seventh centuries A.D., said the dig's leader, Amir Ganor of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
He said the floor was "one of the most beautiful mosaics to be uncovered in Israel in recent years. " "It is unique in its craftsmanship and level of preservation," he said. Archaeologists began digging at the site, known as Hirbet Madras, in December. Ganor said the church would remain covered until funding was obtained to open it as a tourist site.
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