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The Higgs particle could have ended the universe by now – here’s why we’re still here

By Lucien Heurtier, Postdoctoral Research Associate, King's College London

Although our universe may seem stable, having existed for a whopping 13.7 billion years, several experiments suggest that it is at risk – walking on the edge of a very dangerous cliff. And it’s all down to the instability of a single fundamental particle: the Higgs boson.

In new research by me and my colleagues, just…

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