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Physics Nobel to 3 Who Studied World's Origin

Work on 'broken symmetry' paved way for hadron collider

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 7, 2008 7:48 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Nobel Prize for physics was awarded today to three researchers whose work on "broken symmetry" has clarified the origins of the universe. Their theories—a cornerstone of the so-called Standard Model of physics—explain how the world came into being after the... Read full story »

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