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Hard times for theorists in a post-Higgs world

The Large Hadron Collider’s big success leaves no clear avenue for new physics

AFTER HIGGS  In 1964, Peter Higgs (left) proposed the existence of a particle that is now named for him. Now young theorists like Flip Tanedo (right) wonder what’s next.

By Andrew Grant

- More than 2 years ago

At 5 a.m. last Fourth of July, Flip Tanedo rolled out of bed after an hour of repeatedly smacking his alarm clock’s snooze button.