Sorry, no. This is not an energy source and honestly no one has a use for this yet. But understanding the very basics of physics like this is always worthwhile. It allows us to narrow down the possible theories about how the universe works; the longer we run the LHC accelerator the more new stuff we will see and the closer we will be to a theory that unifies our descriptions of gravity and quantum mechanics, which is the long-term goal here.

It is NOT the particle that gives things weight, nor can we manipulate it to cause gravity.

It is the sign that a mechanism called the Higgs field exists. The Higgs field gives things mass, but something had to, so we've narrowed it down to THIS kind of way in which it happens. It could have been a more complicated system. But we have no good way of changing this field or anything.

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Oh.

Sorry everybody! Pretend I was never in this thread!

Let Michio Kaku Explain.

Is this why the world ends this year?

I heard about this on the news and my feelings about it were dispassionate. A couple of years ago this would have really excited me. This discovery's made me reflect on an enthusiasm I think I've lost.

How come?

Now that it's real is it time to stop calling it god? :)

All we need to do now is work out how to turn it off and on and presto! Light speed travel!

Pictures or it didn't happen.

Neat. :) Expensive project but hopefully worth it.