The Local Sweden https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 'Advancing science means more than a prize' As Peter Higgs and François Englert prepare to accept the 2013 Nobel physics prize in Stockholm on Tuesday, The Local talks to Professor Dave Charlton, head of the Atlas experiments at Cern about the Higgs particle and whether the lab should win a Nobel Prize of its own. https://www.thelocal.se/20131209/advancing-science-is-more-important-than-any-prize-nobel-prize-stockholm Mon, 09 Dec 2013 14:41:00 +0100 advancing-science-is-more-important-than-any-prize-nobel-prize-stockholm Internal dispute behind Nobel physics delay A fight over how to allocate credit for the discovery of the Higgs particle was the cause of an hour-long delay in the announcement of the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday, a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20131009/50690 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:10:00 +0200 50690 Nobel physics favourite 'in hiding' as prize looms Peter Higgs, the man widely tipped to win the Nobel Prize in Physics plans to be in hiding at the time of the announcement on Tuesday, according to Swedish media reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20131008/50658 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:34:00 +0200 50658