-
Professor Peter Higgs: ‘Pioneering’ physicist who gave name to Higgs boson particle has died | Science & Tech News
admin
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Peter Higgs, whose pioneering theory led to the discovery of the Higgs boson particle, has died aged 94. The “truly gifted” scientist predicted the existence of the new subatomic particle as far back as 1964. His theory would not be confirmed until 2012, when experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at…
-
The game that gave me a heart rate warning – and four other spooky titles to play for Halloween | Science & Tech News
admin
Never mind those first date butterflies, forget those job interview nerves – nothing gets my heart rate soaring like a good scare. As if to prove it, I spent last weekend braving one of this year’s spookiest video games and received the first-ever heart rate alert from my Apple Watch. Dead Space was terrifying enough…