CERN has confirmed that its previous results which showed that the neutrons can travel faster than the speed of light, which proved Einstein's theory of relativity wrong, now say that the shock result from its Gran Sasso Laboratory was indeed the result of a mechanical error.
The scientist now say that re-tests have confirmed that a faulty piece of fiber-optic hardware caused the OPERA experiment to suggest that neutrinos could be accelerated to velocities beyond the speed of light.
The findings re-affirm Einstein's assertions that faster-than-light travel is not possible.
The research director of CERN Sergio Bertolucci reaffirms that "Although this result isn’t as exciting as some would have liked, it is what we all expected deep down," said
"The story captured the public imagination, and has given people the opportunity to see the scientific method in action, an unexpected result was put up for scrutiny, thoroughly investigated and resolved in part thanks to collaboration between normally competing experiments."
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