"Renowned Physicist Peter Higgs Passes Away at 94"

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"Renowned Physicist Peter Higgs Passes Away at 94"
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Peter Higgs, the British theoretical physicist known for his work on the Higgs boson, has passed away at the age of 94. His groundbreaking research in the 1960s led to the prediction of a new particle, which was later discovered at CERN in 2012. Higgs shared the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics for this discovery. His legacy as a pioneering scientist and his modest nature have left a lasting impact on the field of particle physics.

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