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Published July 05, 2012, 12:00 AM

Belgian physicist Francois Englert, left, Rolf Heuer, right, Director General of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) and British physicist Peter Higgs, center


Belgian physicist Francois Englert, left, Rolf Heuer, right, Director General of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) and British physicist Peter Higgs, center, leave after the answers journalist's question at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it "consistent" with the long-sought Higgs boson — popularly known as the "God particle" — that helps explain what gives all matter in the universe size and shape.AP Photo/Keystone/Martial Trezzini)
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