Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Peter Higgs dies aged 94

Professor Peter Higgs has died at age 94 (Sean Dempsey/PA)

The “truly gifted scientist” behind the concept of the subatomic particle the Higgs boson, Professor Peter Higgs, has died aged 94.

Professor Higgs predicted of the existence of a new particle – the so-called Higgs boson – in 1964.