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BREAKING NEWS: GPS Connector Error May Undo Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Results

ScienceInsider is reporting (from still unconfirmed sources) that last year’s reports of faster-then-light neutrinos from CERN’s OPERA collaborative were due to a mistake. Specifically, a bad connection between a computer and a GPS unit.

Whoops.

Confused? Here’s a handful of my posts on the subject here and here. That will give you the background on the experiment that you need. For the neutrino particle to have traveled faster than the speed of light, as claimed, it would have thrown some wrenches into very hefty assumptions about modern physics. I was pretty skeptical of this, as were many others, so this being true wouldn’t surprise me.

Keep your eyes open for confirmation on the error. In the meantime, always check your connectors.

UPDATE: More on this from Phil Plait.

Here begins the start of mass reblogs. This is probably the largest piece of news so far this year concerning last year’s shocking results on the supposedly FTL neutrinos. Watch this space everyone!

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