Quantum mechanics tells us that if such a Higgs field exists, then one can produce real particles out of the field if one throws enough energy into a small enough volume.

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On May 16th the Royal Society, the world's oldest scientific academy, published a volume of its Philosophical Transactions devoted to the field.

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