Wed February 22, 2012 Is Einstein Right? Error Could Account For
Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Originally published on Wed February
22, 2012 4:25 pm Remember last year, when we reported that
Italian scientists claimed to have broken the speed of light?
Remember the mystical implications of that? The possibility that
Einstein was wrong? That our very basic idea of physics was
challenged? The idea that you could be shot before a bullet left
a gun? Then you also remember that our friend and astrophysicist
Adam Frank warned that these results should be looked at with
great suspicion. It turns out the results from the experiment
called OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking
Apparatus) could have been affected by a problem with the GPS
system used to time the neutrinos. A spokesman for the European
Organization for Nuclear Research confirmed the error to The
Associated Press today. The AP reports that James Gillies says
only other experiments planned for later this year will confirm
whether the problem aff