Topic: CERN

'Faster-than-Light' Researchers Quit Over Culture, Not Science

Reuters

The two leaders of the research team at CERN that published a study that showed neutrinos moving faster than the speed of light have resigned a month after an experiment contradicted their results, but they're quick to note that their departure and the research aren't related.

By Eric Randall

Feb 23, 2012

Wrong or Not, the CERN Scientists Didn't Speak Too Soon

With this week's news that the supposedly Einstein-disproving breakthrough may have resulted from experimental error, is it time to join forces with those critics who thought the CERN scientists touted their research too soon?

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By Adam Martin

Feb 23, 2012

New Theory on that Faster-Than-Light Particle: A Loose Wire

When some scientists at CERN thought they'd shown neutrino particles traveling faster than the speed of light last year, they announced they'd maybe wobbled the laws of physics. On Wednesday, they suggested an alternate theory: The results were due to a loose wire.

 

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By Adam Martin and Dashiell Bennett

Dec 13, 2011

CERN Scientists Say They Found Evidence of Higgs Boson

Scientists at CERN just finished their press conference explaining their discovery in relation to the so-called god particle, and while they say they've found evidence of the mysterious Higgs Boson, they've stopped short of announcing it definitely exists. 

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By Dino Grandoni

Nov 18, 2011

CERN Gets Closer to Proving It Broke the Light Speed Barrier

New tests at the European science facility CERN yet again confirm the results of their prior experiment which showed faster-than-light particles, reports the BBC and The Washington Post.

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By Eric Randall

Sep 26, 2011

Lots of Physicists Are Nervous About the Speed of Light

An experiment which appears to disprove Einstein has physicists wringing their hands

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By Uri Friedman

Sep 22, 2011

Physics Wobbled by Faster-Than-Light-Speed Experiments

Subatomic particles have been clocked traveling faster than light

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jun 6, 2011

Why to Care About Bottling Antimatter: Could Fuel Starships

The physics breakthrough may be the most futuristic discovery this year

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By Alex Eichler

May 3, 2011

By Alex Eichler

Apr 25, 2011

Possible 'God Particle' Discovery Is Gossip for Physicists

A purported leaked memo from the Large Hadron Collider team is a hot rumor

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