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Results from a second experiment uphold the observation that neutrinos are moving faster than the speed of light. The OPERA collaboration, which first reported the superluminal neutrinos in September, has rerun the experiment and detected 20 new neutrinos breaking Einstein’s theoretical limit.
link:http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/11/landing-on-mars/Results from a second experiment uphold the observation that neutrinos are moving... more
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Physicists reported Thursday that sub-atomic particles called neutrinos can travel faster than light, a finding that -- if verified -- would blast a hole in Einstein's theory of relativity.Physicists reported Thursday that sub-atomic particles called neutrinos can travel... more
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"Scientists at the CERN physics center have discovered neutrino particles that travel faster than the speed of light, overturning some fundamental assumptions in physics.
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If confirmed, the discovery would overturn a key part of Albert Einstein's 1905 theory of special relativity, which says that nothing in the universe can travel faster than light."
One more illustration of how what we know evolves with the tools we are able to conceive and build.
If there is laughter after death, one can envision ol Al yucking it up about this one."Scientists at the CERN physics center have discovered neutrino particles that... more
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Every physicist is taught that information cannot be transmitted faster than the speed of light. Yet laboratory experiments done over the last 30 years clearly show that some things appear to break this speed limit without upturning Einstein's special theory of relativity. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/your-details/405-faster-than-lightEvery physicist is taught that information cannot be transmitted faster than the speed... more
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From New Scientist, a link to a story about an imaging machine--buried in ice at the South Pole. Here's an excerpt:
A giant imaging machine buried in ice at the South Pole could one day create pictures of the EarthÂ’s core...Currently under construction, IceCube is designed to detect subatomic particles called neutrinos, which are so evasive that they can slip quite easily through the body of the planet.
The machine consists of thousands of detectors and will eventually fill a cubic kilometre of ice. The detectors look downwards, watching for the distinctive flash of blue light that means a neutrino has come through most of the planet only to get snagged in the Antarctic ice.
The main aim is to look for neutrinos from exotic objects in deep space, such as the giant black holes in galactic cores, using the bulk of the Earth as a shield to screen out unwanted noise from other cosmic particles.
Read about it here.
From New Scientist, a link to a story about an imaging machine--buried in ice at the... more
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