And the Z factor could help explain the conservation of mass . ` ` We have reached a milestone in our understanding of mass , '' scientist says . The announcement is based on data from the Large Hadron Collider . Researchers stress the preliminary nature of the results .
Finding the Higgs boson would help explain the origin of mass . `` We have reached a milestone in our understanding of nature , '' scientist says . The announcement is based on data from the Large Hadron Collider . Researchers stress the preliminary nature of the results .