Scientists are worried about the W Boson: 'Something is amiss'

Re:Scientists are worried about the W Boson: 'Something is a... by heavyset_go on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @10:15PM (#31022719)

> One of the recent (past decade or so) major mistaken discoveries in particle physics was a cabling issue.

Have more info on this or link about it?

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Re:Scientists are worried about the W Boson: 'Something is a... by perihelions on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @10:23PM (#31022778)

I'm guessing the parent is referring to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light_neutrino_ano...

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Re:Scientists are worried about the W Boson: 'Something is a... by smueller1234 on Thursday April 14, 2022 @01:57AM (#31023822)

Yes, thank you, that's the one I was thinking about. Apologies for not naming/linking it in the first place.

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Re:Scientists are worried about the W Boson: 'Something is a... by adgjlsfhk1 on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:44AM (#31023492)

"EM Drive" also probably counts.

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Re:Scientists are worried about the W Boson: 'Something is a... by ben_w on Thursday April 14, 2022 @04:22AM (#31024488)

From what I’ve been hearing, EM drive is more of “didn’t do the maths” followed by shoestring-budget “might as well try it, we have some spare lab space” work getting squished in between the serious projects.

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Re:Scientists are worried about the W Boson: 'Something is a... by heavyset_go on Thursday April 14, 2022 @02:03PM (#31030781)

Thanks

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