DC Tom Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1110/1110.2832.pdf For the researchers out there. Best abstract ever. Don't even need to read the rest of the paper.
DC Tom Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 The problem of superluminal neutrinos is now solved: turns out the GPS receiver had a bad fiber optic connector. When they replaced it, the 60ns timing difference went away. First professional job was a call-in help desk. First thing I learned: "Is it plugged in? Jiggle the cables, please."
Buff_bills4ever Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 I've oft posed the question, 'If you're driving in your car at the speed of light, what happens when you turn on your headlights?' The same thing if you video tape a flashlight then play it fast forward.
Beerball Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 First professional job was a call-in help desk. First thing I learned: "Is it plugged in? Jiggle the cables, please." You said please?
Just Jack Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 You said please? He probably hadn't had his coffee that morning.
DC Tom Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 You said please? Well, I said it with a great deal of scorn.
Doc Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Didn't believe it originally, but didn't think they wouldn't check, re-check, and re-re-check their equipment.
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 Scientific discoveries are rarely heralded with "Eureka!" More often, they're announced with "Hmmm...that's weird..." Good example of how science is properly done, though...get an anomalous result, run it enough times to make sure it's statistically significant and not background noise, then publish it to let others try to duplicate it. So how should we interpret a scientist's remark that a particular field of inquiry has entered "a whole new dimension?" http://www.springer.com/physics/particle+and+nuclear+physics/journal/10050
DC Tom Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 So how should we interpret a scientist's remark that a particular field of inquiry has entered "a whole new dimension?" http://www.springer.com/physics/particle+and+nuclear+physics/journal/10050 I want a pair.
Beerball Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 A test run by a different group at the same laboratory has now clocked them travelling at precisely light speed.
DC Tom Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 A test run by a different group at the same laboratory has now clocked them travelling at precisely light speed. They can't travel at precisely the speed of light. Neutrino oscillation either requires them to have mass - and they're slower, or to travel faster. "At" would indicate a rather broken neutrino theory.
Beerball Posted March 17, 2012 Posted March 17, 2012 They can't travel at precisely the speed of light. Neutrino oscillation either requires them to have mass - and they're slower, or to travel faster. "At" would indicate a rather broken neutrino theory. Talk to the editor.
DC Tom Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/science/the-trouble-with-neutrinos-that-outpaced-einsteins-theory.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Nice article on the whole thing...
The Poojer Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 Bazinga! http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/science/the-trouble-with-neutrinos-that-outpaced-einsteins-theory.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Nice article on the whole thing...
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