Brussels, 05/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - Scientists were (almost) convinced of its existence but had never seen it. British scientist Peter Higgs and François Englert and Robert Brout of Belgium had a hunch in the 1960s that the “Higgs boson” or “God particle” did in fact exist. The sub-atomic particle is the last missing link for explaining the creation of matter. The results, announced at CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) on Wednesday 4 July, during a seminar in...