A team of scientists who last year suggested neutrinos could travel faster than light conceded Friday that Einstein was right and the sub-atomic particles are -- like everything else -- bound by the universe's speed limit.
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Feed SubscriptionAimee Copeland, 24-year-old with necrotizing fasciitis, remains in critical condition
Her father Andy also updated her condition on Friday in a blog post, saying she is alert and trying to mouth questions
Read More »Friday Fail: The Most Bizarre Interview
Tired of success stories? Every Friday on Inc.com we bring you epic tales of failure and shame. Up this week: Awkward hiring situations.
Read More »Italian physicist behind ‘faster-than-light’ test resigns
An Italian physicist at the head of a team that made a cautious but hugely controversial claim that neutrinos may travel faster than the speed of light resigned on Friday following calls for his dismissal.
Read More »Large, Dangerous Tornado Outbreak Forecast for Friday
Tornadoes are forecast to swarm Friday through a very large and populated area of the nation, stretching from Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and other states.
Read More »Rare Spirits Showcased at Wynn Las Vegas
One of the greatest challenges for connoisseurs of limited-edition, super-premium, single-malt whiskies is being able to locate and taste them. And by their very nature, these rarities are difficult to find
Read More »Measles patient attended Super Bowl village, health officials warn
Person attended Super Bowl village on Friday when 200,000 others were in attendance, said Indiana state health officials
Read More »Remain Diligent: SOPA And PIPA Must Be Squashed, Not Changed
As members of both the Senate and the House start falling back to a more defensible position by considering the removal of the DNS provision from SOPA and PIPA, many voices of opposition to the bills are claiming victory.
Read More »The world’s smallest magnetic data storage unit
Scientists from IBM and the German Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) have built the world's smallest magnetic data storage unit. It uses just twelve atoms per bit, the basic unit of information, and squeezes a whole byte (8 bit) into as few as 96 atoms. A modern hard drive, for comparison, still needs more than half a billion atoms per byte
Read More »Solar Eclipse on Friday Could Wow Small Audience
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Read More »Unethical to test anthrax vaccine in kids? What panel says
National Biodefense Science Board gave government its recommendation Friday
Read More »Scientists take fresh look at ‘faster-than-light’ experiment
Scientists who threw down the gauntlet to physics by reporting particles that broke the Universe's speed limit said on Friday they were revisiting their contested experiment.
Read More »NASA Set to Launch Trailblazing Weather and Climate Satellite
A new NASA satellite is poised to launch early Friday (Oct.
Read More »U.S. Lays Out Requirements to Reopen Nuclear Power Plant in Central Virginia
By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. nuclear regulator said on Friday it has sent a letter to Dominion Resources laying out the requirements for the restart of the company's quake-rattled North Anna nuclear plant.
Read More »Major US atom-smasher closes after 25 years (Update)
A powerful US atom-smasher that was the world's biggest particle collider for nearly a quarter-century closed forever on Friday, solidifying Europe's place as the world leader in physics.
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