betterthanwell comments on [link] Faster than light neutrinos due to loose fiber optic cable.

betterthanwell 26 Feb 2012 19:41 UTC
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You missed this:

[Update: To be clearer, I probably should have written, “true in its details.”]
- ThomasHaverford 26 Feb 2012 19:58 UTC
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  It’s apparently even more complicated than that:
  
  Official Word on Superluminal Neutrinos Leaves Warp-Drive Fans a Shred of Hope—Barely
  
  The CERN particle physics laboratory in Geneva has confirmed Wednesday’s report that a loose fiber-optic cable may be behind measurements that seemed to show neutrinos outpacing the speed of light. But the lab also says another glitch could have caused the experiment to underestimate the particles’ speed.