Light's speed limit is safe for now

• 11:29 24 February 2012 by Robert Garisto 

Read more: "Was speeding neutrino claim a human error?"

Not so fast ((Image: Andrzej Krauze)

News that the faster-than-light neutrinos that caused a sensation in September may have a mundane explanation – a faulty cable connection – comes as little surprise. There has never been a convincing physical explanation for the result.

In the weeks following the original announcement theoretical physicists wrote dozens of papers attempting to explain the results, many of which found their way to me. As an editor at the journal Physical Review Letters, my job is to consult experts in the field and ultimately decide which manuscripts to publish. I saw nothing to convince me that they had cracked it.

MORE: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21515-lights-speed-limit-is-safe-for-now.html

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