Reacción a "Ten years since the discovery of the Higgs boson: how it changed the history of physics"

The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 by CERN's ATLAS and CMS experiments was the cornerstone of the theoretical framework of particle physics that has reigned since the mid-20th century: the standard model. The equation written by Brout, Englert and Higgs in the 1960s that predicted the existence of this particle went from being a mere formula on a blackboard to a milestone in the history of science. And, although by that time man had already set foot on the moon, the fact that it took almost 50 years longer to discover it has only been the result of technological progress and the perseverance of physicists in their quest for knowledge of nature.

It is this perseverance that has led physicists to restart the LHC accelerator at a new energy level, which is now beginning on the 10th anniversary of its discovery, with the aim of unravelling new mysteries about the most fundamental components of the universe that the Higgs boson door has opened: dark matter and matter-antimatter asymmetry, among others. Not giving up is the key: other recent discoveries such as gravitational waves took almost a century from the time Einstein's theory of General Relativity predicted them to the confirmation of their existence.

But just the fact that science, and in particular major international collaborations such as CERN, has the power to unite nations and cultures makes the effort even more worthwhile in the times we live in, and perhaps serves as an example for peace between countries and continents.