Peter Higgs, physicist behind Higgs boson particle, dead at 94

Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday.

Peter Higgs, physicist behind Higgs boson particle, dead at 94
Man in front of photo of an Atlas detector

Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday.