'Nice to be right', says Higgs

July 06, 2012 19:32

The British scientist who gave his name to the Higgs boson particle spoke today of his delight after researchers affirmed its existence, saying it was "nice to be right sometimes".

Professor Peter Higgs was making his first detailed public comments since researchers at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced Wednesday they believe they have found the sub-atomic particle thought to confer mass on matter. The announcement came following nearly 50 years of research after Higgs published the conceptual groundwork for the elusive boson, dubbed the "God particle" because it is powerful and everywhere in 1964.

Asked at a press conference at Edinburgh University if he now felt a sense of vindication, Higgs said: "It's very nice to be right sometimes... it has certainly been a long wait." The 83-year-old also brushed off suggestions he would now be in the running for a Nobel Prize as a result of the discovery.

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