News tagged with opera experiment

'Faster-than-light' particles spark science drama

Oh Albert. Did you get it wrong? In 2011, physics was shaken by an experiment which said the Universe's speed limit, enshrined by Einstein in his 1905 theory of special relativity, could be broken.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (31) | comments 82

Contested 'faster-than-light' experiment yields results

A fiercely contested experiment that appears to show the accepted speed limit of the Universe can be broken has yielded the same results in a re-run, European physicists said.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (37) | comments 123

Scientists take fresh look at 'faster-than-light' experiment

Scientists who threw down the gauntlet to physics by reporting particles that broke the Universe's speed limit said on Friday they were revisiting their contested experiment.

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (22) | comments 146

FTL neutrinos (or not)

The recent news from the Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus (OPERA) neutrino experiment, that neutrinos have been clocked travelling faster than light, made the headlines over the last week ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 15

'Neutrino oscillation': Particle chameleon caught in the act of changing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers on the OPERA experiment at the INFN's Gran Sasso laboratory in Italy today announced the first direct observation of a tau particle in a muon neutrino beam sent through the Earth ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 31, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (28) | comments 39 | with audio podcast

Love at first aria

A passion for opera starts with an initial explosive, emotional experience. This is followed by a gradual learning process over a number of years during which fans discover how to truly appreciate it fully. Through his observation ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0