Moros
09-22-2011, 22:31
Puzzling results from Cern, home of the LHC, have confounded physicists - because it appears subatomic particles have exceeded the speed of light.
Neutrinos sent through the ground from Cern toward the Gran Sasso laboratory 732km away seemed to show up a tiny fraction of a second early.
The result - which threatens to upend a century of physics - will be put online for scrutiny by other scientists.
Interesting no? Either there has been some big/small mistake or this might show little we actually know?
I don't have much valuable to say or comment about it, but I tought it interesting enough to share.
Here's the linky:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15017484
Neutrinos sent through the ground from Cern toward the Gran Sasso laboratory 732km away seemed to show up a tiny fraction of a second early.
The result - which threatens to upend a century of physics - will be put online for scrutiny by other scientists.
Interesting no? Either there has been some big/small mistake or this might show little we actually know?
I don't have much valuable to say or comment about it, but I tought it interesting enough to share.
Here's the linky:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15017484