Peter Higgs and Francois Englert Win Nobel Prize in Physics

| BREAKING NEWS ALERT NYTimes.com | Unsubscribe

BREAKING NEWS Tuesday, October 8, 2013 7:20 AM EDT

Peter Higgs and François Englert Win Nobel Prize in Physics Peter Higgs of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and François Englert of the University Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for suggesting that an invisible ocean of energy suffusing space is responsible for the mass and diversity of the universe, a crowning recognition for the scientists who came up with what is now known as the Higgs boson. They will split a prize of $1.2 million, to be awarded in Stockholm in December. READ MORE » http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/science/englert-and-higgs-win-nobel-physics-prize.html?emc=edit_na_20131008

Copyright 2013 | The New York Times Company |NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018