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    Peter Higgs, who recently passed away, received a Nobel

    Prize for which research?
    A Quantum mechanics Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Discovery of radioactivity Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Discovery of the elements radium and polonium Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Discovery of God Particle Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

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    British physicist Peter Higgs, renowned for discovering the ‘Higgs-Boson Particle’ or ‘God Particle’, passed away at 94. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013, his work elucidated the universe’s post-Big Bang creation. Higgs, a long-time professor at Edinburgh University, contributed significantly to understanding bosons’ role in universal cohesion. His death on April 8, 2024, marked the end of an era in physics. The confirmation of the God particle came in 2012, revolutionizing scientific understanding.

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