How wide is a Higgs?

In accord with Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, short-lived particles have uncertain mass. So the Higgs boson, which gives mass to other particles, is uncertain about its own mass. New results from the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC have started to tell us how uncertain

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From the stars to the gutter: Mail’s ‘diversity’ jibe sullies big bang news

The human race can reach so high, and stoop so low. On Monday we got exciting new data from the BICEP2 experiment on gravitational waves and the origins of the universe, discussed accessibly by world experts on major news programmes. On Wednesday, the Daily Mail spat in the face of this wonder

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Neutrons, exoplanets and SKA: how to invest £300m

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SLAM POW BANG: On Tour in England with the Bonn Physics Show

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