CERN says Higgs particle speculation is premature

UPI : CERN’s director of communications James Gillies has told the BBC that the leaked report of a possible Higgs detection originated from a small group within the large ATLAS collaboration. The report is genuine but premature in that it has yet to be endorsed by the ATLAS collaboration or subjected to rigorous testing and peer review. Publicized last Thursday, the leaked information set off an explosion of speculation, comment, and recriminations on physics blogs.