Big things for Physics

A lot has been going on with the scientific community. physicists announced to the world that they had found something they had been searching for for nearly 50 years: the elusive Higgs Boson or as what people call it "The God Particle". This certain particle gained it name and popularity for its role on giving mass to other particles. This was not a new theory, this was actually proposed by Peter Higgs way back 1964. He proposed a theory describing a certain universal field, similar to electric or magnetic field, that particles interact with. This is the Higgs field that gives other particles their masses. 

There was also this discovery of the strongest material graphene. This made a lot of materials scientist excited and labelled it as the "next big thing". With its promising attributes, it might actually bring end to silicon for computers and other digital devices and may soon change its course. Much has been made of graphene's potential. It can be used for anything from composite materials - like how carbon-fibre is used currently - to electronics.Since its properties were uncovered, more and more scientists have been keen to work on projects. About 200 companies and start-ups are now involved in research around graphene. In 2010, it was the subject of about 3,000 research papers.

Im kind of outdated with these discoveries. :) apologies..

What other big discoveries on physics and other sciences do you know?