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LONDON - Physicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of an undetected particle in the universe changed science and was vindicated by a Nobel prize-winning discovery half a century later, has died aged 94, the University of Edinburgh said on Tuesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Professor Peter Higgs theorised about the particle and won a Nobel Prize for his work in 2013.
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Professor Peter Higgs theorised about the particle and won a Nobel Prize for his work in 2013.
Higgs predicted the existence of the Higgs boson particle, helping explain how matter formed after the Big Bang. His death at 94 was announced by the University of Edinburgh, where he was a professor.