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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Top Scientific Discoveries of 2011

Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Detected -- or Not

From emotional honeybees to particles flying faster than Einstein's theory of relativity ought to allow, 2011 abounded in findings that posed new questions and expanded frontiers of possibility. Here are Wired Science's favorites:

Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Detected -- or Not

In September, researchers from the OPERA collaboration in Italy provided fodder for a thousand articles when they announced the measurement of neutrinos flying faster than that killjoy Albert Einstein would permit. Most physicists dismissed the finding, suggesting some error in the measurement or analysis, but that didn't stop millions of people from hoping that they'd witnessed the start of a new scientific revolution.

Read More: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/top-discoveries-2011/?intcid=story_ribbon

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