Topic: Neutrinos

'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 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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