Its discovery last month sparked a media storm but the Higgs boson is now even more of a sure thing. ATLAS, one of the two experiments behind the original discovery, has carried out a more complete analysis that boosts the statistical significance of the Higgs signal even further.
The analysis also shores up the classification of the particle as a Higgs boson – though whether this is exactly the Higgs boson predicted by the standard model of particle physics, or one with slightly different properties has yet to be nailed.
To read more, click here.