Two of the scientists who proposed the Higgs boson particle, which was discovered last year in CERN, have been awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics.

Britain’s Peter Higgs, after whom the particle was named, and Belgium’s Francois Englert share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, for their work in the field. The two were originally part of a group of scientists who envisaged a mechanism for explaining the most basic building blocks in the universe. The Higgs boson particle was discovered last year in CERN, by the Large Hadron Collider.

According to the BBC, the official citation for the award reads as follows:

For the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the Atlas and CMS experiments at Cern’s Large Hadron Collider

Next, we’d like to see an award for those behind the technology that helped discover the Higgs boson. Aside from all the regular computer chips, Linux played a big role in all the systems. We’re sure Mr. Torvalds wouldn’t mind one of the civilised world’s most prestigious prizes.