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Chameleon-Like Behavior of Neutrino Confirmed

Posted by Soulskill on from the yes,-neutrinos-eat-bugs dept.

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.'"

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  1. Re:Who would have guessed by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nobody every buys the Standard Model. If you have the money you get the Luxury Model. Otherwise, most folks just aim for the middle and get the Sports model.

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  2. Chameleon-Like Behavior? by Randle_Revar · · 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

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    1. Re:Chameleon-Like Behavior? by biryokumaru · · Score: 2, Funny

      You could say they're acting wonky.

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  3. Re:How in the universe? by rogeriomgatto · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's how they managed to escape the priests... They avoid mass.

  4. Re:What if... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    God did it.

  5. Re:What if... by Dragoniz3r · · Score: 3, Funny

    So that's why fat people live shorter lives! Time really just moves faster for them, because they have more mass!

  6. Re:What if... by oldhack · · Score: 2, Funny

    All you wise guys think this is funny, but what if it turns out to be true? Huh?!

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  7. Re:Excited! by oldhack · · Score: 3, Funny

    Depends. Are they German or Japanese?

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