He is the new official spokesperson for the ATLAS experiment, a particle physics experiment at CERN.

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The experiment on cloud formation also seems likely to undermine the particle physics laboratory's reputation for pursuing only blue skies research.

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The Higgs boson is the only particle theorized by the standard model of physics that hasn't been conclusively observed in an experiment.

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