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(CNN) — Scientists say they have found hints of the existence of the Higgs boson, a never-before-seen subatomic particle long thought to be a fundamental building block of the universe.

In a highly anticipated press conference, researchers announced that two independent experiments at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva have turned up signs of the so-called “God particle.”

While the experiments haven’t yet turned up enough data to confirm the Higgs boson’s existence, experts say finding the elusive particle would rank as one of the top scientific achievements of the past 50 years.

Turns out that God is in the tiny details after all.