Finding that contradicts Einstein's theory of special relativity is repeated with fine-tuned procedures and equipment
Scientists from Cern have repeated their finding of neutrinos travelling faster than the speed of light. Photograph: Cern/Science Photo Library
The scientists who appeared to have found in September that certain subatomic particles can travel faster than light have ruled out one potential source of error in their measurements after completing a second, fine-tuned version of their experiment.
Their results, posted on the ArXiv preprint server on Friday morning and submitted for peer review in the Journal of High Energy Physics, confirmed earlier measurements that neutrinos, sent through the ground from Cern near Geneva to the Gran Sasso lab in Italy 450 miles (720km) away seemed to travel faster than light.
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Measuring time: All time measurements revolve around counting oscillations. A traditional clock measures oscillations of a pendulum, while watches used a spring. Now the high accuracy clocks count oscillations of a microwave produced by Caesium (Atomic clock)
As for this idea that you simply throw out Einsteins theory because it is wrong - that is hopefully just a joke. We still teach Newtonian Mechanics in schools because it is much simpler than relativistic mechanics and gives the same results for most situations on earth. Einsteins theory will still have predictive power, but it appears to be flawed in one area of prediction.
- K A Solaman 