They are not sure, yet. They are still analyzing data.
(The FermiLab is located in Batavia, Illinois, about 45 miles West from Chicago. The CERN, located in between Switzerland and France, is their competitor; it’s the world’s largest particle physics laboratory.)
- “Higgs FermiLab” at Google Search
- Particle X in rare decay could belong to a new physics model – Phys Org
- Physicists in America may have scooped their counterparts in Europe in the hunt for the source of universal mass. – The Economist
- Hunt for the God particle – COSMOS magazine
(((Ah. Following my last rant, the NewsFutures people have added a copyright line. 
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You may remember that I have called for The Economist to do more about publicizing the market-generated probabilities of socially relevant issues, in association with their news articles. Well, this FermiLab story is the perfect example.
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WHO IS MANIPULATING THE HIGGS PARTICLE PREDICTION MARKET AT NEWSFUTURES??
http://www.midasoracle.org/200.....wsfutures/
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The Economist should set up The Open Institute of Prediction Markets.
http://www.midasoracle.org/200.....n-markets/
WHY THE ECONOMIST SHOULD ADD MARKET-GENERATED PROBABILITIES NEXT TO ITS CONTENT.
http://www.midasoracle.org/200.....s-content/
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A rumor flying around physics departments these last few weeks claims that physicists working at the Tevatron, an accelerator located outside of Chicago, have found the Higgs boson.
http://www.midasoracle.org/200.....ggs-boson/