This is a classic article from Â鶹´«Ã½’s archive, republished as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations
AN ATMOSPHERE of excitement mingled with caution and some controversy has taken over CERN, Europe’s centre near Geneva for research into subatomic particles. In seminars there last week two groups of scientists announced what may turn out to be the first evidence of CERN’s greatest discovery yet, a particle known simply by the letter W. If proven the discovery will indicate that theorists have been following the right path in their attempts to unite the disparate forces of nature within one mathematical framework.…
