Chameleon-Like Behavior of Neutrino Confirmed 191
Anonymous Apcoheur writes "Scientists from CERN and INFN of the OPERA Collaboration have announced the first direct observation of a muon neutrino turning into a tau neutrino. 'The OPERA result follows seven years of preparation and over three years of beam provided by CERN. During that time, billions of billions of muon-neutrinos have been sent from CERN to Gran Sasso, taking just 2.4 milliseconds to make the trip. The rarity of neutrino oscillation, coupled with the fact that neutrinos interact very weakly with matter, makes this kind of experiment extremely subtle to conduct. ... While closing a chapter on understanding the nature of neutrinos, the observation of neutrino oscillations is strong evidence for new physics. The Standard Model of fundamental particles posits no mass for the neutrino. For them to be able to oscillate, however, they must have mass.'"
Re:Who would have guessed (Score:5, Funny)
Chameleon-Like Behavior? (Score:5, Funny)
I don't see how changing from one thing into another is "chameleon-like behavior". I have never heard of a chameleon turning into a skink, or anything else for that matter
Re:How in the universe? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What if... (Score:2, Funny)
God did it.
Re:Chameleon-Like Behavior? (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Excited! (Score:3, Funny)