"Remembering Peter Higgs: The Legacy of the God Particle Pioneer"

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"Remembering Peter Higgs: The Legacy of the God Particle Pioneer"
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Peter Higgs, the Nobel Laureate who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson (God particle) theory, has passed away at the age of 94. His groundbreaking work in physics, which explained the origin of mass, earned him the Nobel Prize in 2013. Higgs' discovery was validated by experiments at CERN in 2012, almost 50 years after he proposed the theory. Despite initial struggles, his legacy continues to inspire scientists, and he leaves behind a remarkable contribution to the field of physics.

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