A storm is brewing round the scientists in line to win the Nobel prize for predicting the elusive particle.
It hasn't even been found yet, but the elusive Higgs particle is already generating controversy. As feelings run high over a recent conference in France, the particle physics community are split over who should get credit out of the six theoretical physicists who developed the mechanism behind its existence. Read more
A record of five women have received Nobel Prizes in Stockholm, including a writer who depicted life behind the Iron Curtain and researchers who showed how chromosomes protect themselves from degrading. Read more