A team of 10 Serbian scientists from the Institute of Physics of the Belgrade University and the Vinca Institute in Belgrade are part of a team searching for the 'God Particle', and performing experiments at the laboratory of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva, Switzerland.

CERN scientists announced on Wednesday that they found signs of the Higgs boson, also referred to as the 'God particle,' which currently exists only in theory, and which is believed to be able to explain how objects obtained mass and energy upon the creation of the universe 13.7 billion years ago.

The particle represents a crucial part of the standard model used in physics to describe the way particles and atoms are built. Over 6,000 sicentists from 37 countries around the world are taking part in the experiment, including 10 scientists from Serbia who, even though Serbia is not a CERN member, regularly take part in its work.

According to Dr. Dragan Popovic from the Institute of Physics, the Serbian government applied for membership in CERN, but taking into account that this is a long process, the Serbian scientists have been granted permissions to work there, and have laboratories at their disposal, as well as all discoveries made there.

He said that Serbia's participation in the experiment is highly important for Serbia's science, particularly physics, because it puts Serbia in an equal position with larger countries.