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Newsflash: Tachyon Neutrinos Could be the Discovery of the Century

CERN's OPERA collaboration will announce tomorrow that they have found powerful evidence that some neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light. If true, this is the most important discovery since Einstein developed the Theory of Special Relativity in 1905.

For more information, see Geoff Brumfiel's story in Nature.
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  1. AnonymousMay 28, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    Dr.William Hidden's Theory of Anti-Relativity gives the explaination....Facebook Dr.William Hidden page.

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