Rumors dismissed by Fermi Lab

Folks at Fermilab, the national physics lab in Batavia, are dismissing rumors that they have found evidence pointing to the existence of the "God particle."

Folks at Fermilab, the national physics lab in Batavia, are dismissing rumors that they have found evidence pointing to the existence of the "God particle."

"Pure rumor. There is no factual basis to it whatsoever," Judy Jackson, director of public affairs at Fermi, said Tuesday of a blogger's report that worked its way all the way to Britain's Daily Telegraph online.

The rumored, highly elusive particle known formally at the Higgs boson — in honor of British physicist Peter Higgs — is believed to give mass to all things, a status that has led to its nickname.

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