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CERN Gives Away Higgs Boson Particles To 10 Lucky Winners 71

Posted by samzenpus from the you-get-a-particle-and-you-get-one-and-you-get-one dept.
redletterdave writes "In an unprecedented move sure to shake up the world of particle physics, CERN announced on Monday that it will give away its newly-discovered Higgs boson particles in a lottery. But given the rarity of Higgs boson particles – only one particle is created out of one million million collisions – CERN will only be able to reward 10 lucky winners. 'At CERN, we have always believed in sharing the results of our research, and the time has come to make that tangible,' said CERN director of research Sergio Bertolucci. 'This is our way of saying thanks for the incredible level of enthusiasm that has greeted this discovery.'"
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  • Nice one! (Score:5, Insightful)

    by mwvdlee ( 775178 ) on Monday April 01, 2013 @03:30PM (#43332721) Homepage

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    Any other tech/nerd/geek-oriented site with comments to replace the downward spiral that is slashdot?

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