Back in 1978, a bizarre lab accident saw a beam from a particle accelerator pass through a scientist's head.
Higgs was one of the biggest names in particle physics and his work transformed our understanding of the universe.
The particle is over one million times more energetic than anything generated by the Large Hadron Collider.
Scientist Kristin Omberg takes a look at nanoparticles and how they could shape our future... for better or worse.
Theoretical particle physicist Anne-Katherine Burns takes a look at the latest research and what it could all mean.
Prof Roger Jones - who works at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern - looks at the future of physics discoveries.
Recent experiments involving muons have blown open a hole in our current understanding of the universe.
Scientists at Cern recently discovered four new particles using the world's largest atom smasher in Geneva.
A science experiment in Antarctica may have discovered particles from a universe where time runs backwards.
Scientists at NASA have revealed that there is a lot more to this unassuming space rock than meets the eye.
Scientists have successfully given mice the ability to see in near-infrared by injecting nanoparticles in to their eyes.
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees has warned that a failed particle accelerator experiment could prove disastrous.
A particle that has traveled from deep space could help scientists to unravel the mysteries of the universe.
Salt particles, he argues, would reflect more of the Sun's rays back in to space and help to reduce global warming.
By embedding nanoparticles in leaves, scientists at MIT have created plants that glow in the dark.
The unexplained cloud of Ruthenium-106 particles was detected over Europe in September and October.
CERN's giant atom smasher has identified five new particles that had been 'hiding in plain sight'.
Engineers have fitted CERN's record-breaking particle accelerator with its first major upgrade.
The team behind the world's largest atom smasher may be on the verge of making another major discovery.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has picked up particles of dust originating from outside our solar system.