The new measurements were made by a team working independently from the scientists who had made the tentative but hugely controversial claim about "faster-than-light" particles. Their findings "indicate the neutrinos do not exceed the speed of light," the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) said in a press release.
When the OPERA team went public with their findings, they predictably unleashed a barrage of tough questions. Particles that travel faster than light would smash a hole in Albert Einstein's 1905 theory of special relativity, a cornerstone of modern physics.
"If this result at CERN is proved to be right, and particles are found to travel faster than the speed of light, then I am prepared to eat my shorts, live on TV," Jim Al-Khalili, a professor of theoretical physics at Britain's University of Surrey, declared at the time. (Physorg.com) (Photos: Copyright Control).
No shorts are reported to have been consumed which is just as well, as a very hot vindaloo took the blame for a less than mild eruption in that geographic area.
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| Albert Einstein, expressing his opinion of that faster than the speed of light bollocks. |
No shorts are reported to have been consumed which is just as well, as a very hot vindaloo took the blame for a less than mild eruption in that geographic area.
