Tension builds over 'God particle' update

Scientists hunting the elusive subatomic "Higgs" particle will unveil findings that take them nearer to understanding how the Big Bang at the dawn of time gave rise to stars, planets and even life.

Physicists who have been smashing particles together at near light-speed at the CERN laboratory near Geneva have already seen tantalising glimpses of the "Higgs boson", the missing piece of the fundamental theory of physics known as the Standard Model.

Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazley reports.