God Particle

Ever wondered what mass of a particle is, or rather how that mass is rendered to it? Key to this problem may lie with a hypothecated particle called the Higgs boson, also known as the God Particle. It is the fundamental particle associated with the Higgs field, similar to a photon to Electromagnetic field. Higgs field is supposed to permeate though whole of Universe. As particles move through this Higgs field, they interact with the Higgs boson and 'acquire' mass. Or so it is said. Read more about this here.

Construction of a Large Hadron Collider by CERN may help establish the validity of this hypothesis. If it is complete, then the Grand Unified theory may not be a mere dream for physicists.