British physicist Peter Higgs died Monday at the age of 94. Higgs received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013 for his work on the boson of the same name.
The Higgs boson is considered by physicists to be the keystone of the fundamental structure of matter. In efforts to popularize this discovery, the Boson has been nicknamed the "God particle" because it is everywhere, yet particularly elusive.. “His pioneering work motivated thousands of scientists, and his legacy will continue to inspire many more for generations to come,” said Peter Mathieson, director of the University of Edinburgh, quoted in a press release. “He passed away peacefully at his home on Monday April 8 following a short illness,’ said the university, of which the scientist was an emeritus professor for a long time, in a. press release on Tuesday. The particle is the elementary particle which gives their mass to many others, in accordance with the so-called “Standard Model” theory.