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Re:LHC May Have Found Crack in Modern Physics by bad_user on Friday November 18, 2011 @03:44AM (#3251111)
Can somebody explain why this 0.8% difference between the decay rates matter? I understand that this will give us a better understanding of what happened at the big bang, but will this also translate into practical applications?

Not trying to criticize or diminish this finding btw, I'm just wondering if these findings we get from LHC will translate into something to get excited about in the near future - like, I don't know, alternative energy sources maybe.

Re:LHC May Have Found Crack in Modern Physics by 80hours on Friday November 18, 2011 @09:26AM (#3251793)
You mean something like the World Wide Web? ;-)

If you know the results and applications beforehand, it is more engineering then research.