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DOE chief hails progress on Higgs boson

The head of the US Department of Energy (DOE) praised a group of international scientists after they announced the discovery of a new particle “consistent with” the Higgs boson, which has been theorised to explain the origin of mass.

DOE Secretary Steven Chu cited the 4 July announcement as proof of the power of public support for research.

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