Remember how Samuel Morse famously asked, “What hath God wrought?” with the first telegram? Well, this week, a group of scientists at the University of Rochester sent the first-ever message using a beam of neutrinos, and spelled out: “neutrinos”.
We know that Einstein always has the last laugh, but this is hilarious: the faster-than-light particles that could have wrecked Einstein’s relativity theory are no more. It was a mistake in the test readings caused by a loose cable.
Goddamn. How can you not love Minute Physics? This week, Henry Reich explains a family of particles that are the talk of the physics world: neutrinos!
A group of Italian scientists have questioned those faster-than-light neutrino test results, claiming that anything moving that fast should lose energy — but that’s not what the original tests showed.
If your microwave suddenly whizzes out your house and down the road, you’ll know India’s successfully built the world’s largest magnet. The 50,000 tons of magnetised iron will be housed underground, making CERN’s 37,500-ton magnet shrink in shame.
