Physicists are to run new tests in May after Thursday's confirmation that a faulty connector could have been behind findings appearing to show that one of Albert Einstein's fundamental theories was wrong.
Last fall's results from the OPERA experiment appeared to contradict Einstein's 1905 special theory of relativity, by suggesting that subatomic particles called neutrinos could travel fractionally faster than light.
Einstein's theory, which underpins the current view of how the universe works, says that nothing can travel faster than light. For decades, superluminal travel has been used as a science-fiction device to enable backward time travel, warp-speed exploration and other fictional wonders.
I suspect that Einstein will be vindicated, as usual. But contrary to the above statement, that doesn't mean that warp drives are out of the realm of possibility, though. ;-) To read more, click here.