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| Peter Higgs receives Nobel prize medal | Peter Higgs receives Nobel prize medal |
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| Prof Peter Higgs has received his Nobel prize for physics at a ceremony in Stockholm. | Prof Peter Higgs has received his Nobel prize for physics at a ceremony in Stockholm. |
| The Edinburgh University emeritus professor shared this year's physics prize with Francois Englert for work on the theory of the Higgs boson. | The Edinburgh University emeritus professor shared this year's physics prize with Francois Englert for work on the theory of the Higgs boson. |
| In the 1960s, they were among the physicists who proposed a mechanism to explain why the most basic building blocks of the Universe have mass. | In the 1960s, they were among the physicists who proposed a mechanism to explain why the most basic building blocks of the Universe have mass. |
| Winners in other Nobel categories will also receive their awards at the event. | Winners in other Nobel categories will also receive their awards at the event. |
| These include this year's laureates in chemistry, economics, medicine and literature. | These include this year's laureates in chemistry, economics, medicine and literature. |
| Sweden's King Carl Gustav presented Prof Higgs with his Nobel medal at the Stockholm Concert Hall just before 1600 GMT. | |
| Higgs was at Edinburgh University when he came up with the theory. The mechanism he helped devise predicts a particle - the Higgs boson - which was finally discovered in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider on the French-Swiss border. | Higgs was at Edinburgh University when he came up with the theory. The mechanism he helped devise predicts a particle - the Higgs boson - which was finally discovered in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider on the French-Swiss border. |
| The Nobel award was somewhat controversial because several physicists were responsible for developing the mechanism at the same time: others include Robert Brout (who is now deceased), Gerald Guralnik, Carl Hagen and Tom Kibble. | The Nobel award was somewhat controversial because several physicists were responsible for developing the mechanism at the same time: others include Robert Brout (who is now deceased), Gerald Guralnik, Carl Hagen and Tom Kibble. |
| The issue had been discussed for some time because the physics prize can be awarded to a maximum of three people. | The issue had been discussed for some time because the physics prize can be awarded to a maximum of three people. |
| Commenting on the discovery of the Higgs boson in a speech before the presentation, particle physicist Prof Lars Brink said: "On July 4 2012, [scientists] spread the news that they had found the particle. | Commenting on the discovery of the Higgs boson in a speech before the presentation, particle physicist Prof Lars Brink said: "On July 4 2012, [scientists] spread the news that they had found the particle. |
| "It had been found that Nature follows precisely that law that Brout, Englert and Higgs had created - a fantastic triumph for science." | "It had been found that Nature follows precisely that law that Brout, Englert and Higgs had created - a fantastic triumph for science." |
| At the weekend, Higgs told the Guardian newspaper that no university would employ him today because he would not be considered sufficiently "productive". | At the weekend, Higgs told the Guardian newspaper that no university would employ him today because he would not be considered sufficiently "productive". |
| Prof Higgs said he "became an embarrassment to the department" when they carried out research assessment exercises. A message would go round to academics asking them for a list of recent publications. Higgs said: "I would send back a statement: 'None'." | Prof Higgs said he "became an embarrassment to the department" when they carried out research assessment exercises. A message would go round to academics asking them for a list of recent publications. Higgs said: "I would send back a statement: 'None'." |
| But he said that he doubted a similar breakthrough could be made in today's academic culture because of the expectation on researchers to churn out papers. | But he said that he doubted a similar breakthrough could be made in today's academic culture because of the expectation on researchers to churn out papers. |
| "It's difficult to imagine how I would ever have enough peace and quiet in the present sort of climate to do what I did in 1964," he told the newspaper. | "It's difficult to imagine how I would ever have enough peace and quiet in the present sort of climate to do what I did in 1964," he told the newspaper. |
| Earlier on Tuesday, Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the body at the Oslo City Hall in Norway. | Earlier on Tuesday, Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the body at the Oslo City Hall in Norway. |