The mainstream media seem to have totally ignored this story (sent by Sky) of particles moving at more than the speed of light, but if it’s true, surely it’s incredibly important.
"Scientists claim to have broken the ultimate speed record - by making photons travel faster than light. Exceeding the speed of light, 186,000 miles per second, is supposed to be completely impossible. According to Einstein's special theory of relativity, it would take an infinite amount of energy to accelerate an object through the light barrier. Travelling faster than light also turns back time with bizarre consequences. An astronaut moving beyond light speed would theoretically arrive at his destination before leaving. But two German physicists now claim to have forced light to overcome its own speed limit using the strange phenomenon known as quantum tunnelling." (For more.)
Mick
ReplyDeleteThe Quantum Tunnelling story was reported in the Daily Mail last week - of all places. A rather scary place to learn of something that could pretty much change everything.
Regards
Bill
Don't forget Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, or whatever it is that says mere "observation" can skew your results.
ReplyDeleteAnd remember "cold fusion."