CERN researchers and scientists yesterday reported a new finding that
could overturn a fundamental law of physics and Einstein’s theory of
relativity, often simply known by the equation E = mc2.
The CERN team at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research have
recorded sub-atomic particles called neutrinos travelling faster than
the speed of light. The discovery is so big that they are
currently asking others researchers and scientists to verify their
finding. But if correct could cause a revolutionary shift in explaining
the workings of the universe.
In an experiment called OPERA which was
run by the CERN particle research centre near Geneva and the Gran Sasso
Laboratory in central Italy. 15,000 beams of neutrinos,
were fired over a period of 3 years from CERN near Geneva towards Gran
Sasso in Italy 730 (500 miles) km away, and were then recorded using
giant detectors.
James Gillies, a spokesman for CERN, explains:
"The feeling that most people have is this can’t be right, this
can’t be real. They are inviting the broader physics community to look
at what they’ve done and really scrutinize it in great detail and
ideally for someone elsewhere in the world to repeat the measurements.”
If the claims are found to be true the famous equation of
all time, E=mc2, could turn out to be incorrect because it is based on
the law of special relativity.
Source: IBT : Telegraph |