Faster than light, Impossible?

[Dave H]

as a student it is said Einstien was not a good student, he kept asking Why?

[sandyship]

I'm going fast enough thank you very much. I can't get head around anything else!!!!

[LDunlop76]

My daughter says she wishes they could have waited for another 12 months to make the announcement - if their measurements are correct, she wasted her time on two modules of her degree course last term!

[Martin]

It's not cut and dried yet Linda. They particles could have taken a short cut through one of the many dimensions.

[LDunlop76]

That's what I meant when I said "If their measurements are correct" - it's not certain yet. However if they are right, a lot of text books will need to be rewritten!

[LDunlop76]

Marcus du Sautoy is talking about this on BBC2 tonight 9pm

[Martin]

I set it to record last night but it rescheduled to tonight!

[frank h]

Martin
You can view it on BBCiplayer.

frank h.

[Martin]

Damn freeview box missed another one tonight

[Martin]

Faster-than-light neutrino experiment to be run again
Scientists who announced that sub-atomic particles might be able to travel faster than light are to rerun their experiment in a different way.

This will address criticisms and allow the physicists to shore up their analysis as much as possible before submitting it for publication.

Dr Sergio Bertolucci said it was vital not to "fool around" given the staggering implications of the result.

So they are doing all they can to rule out more pedestrian explanations

bbc.co.uk