Wiring error blamed for speedy neutrino result

A European experiment that in September showed particles moving faster than the speed of light has been exposed as a mistake due to a faulty wire connection, the U. S. journal Science said Wednesday. The initial findings sparked intrigue and skepticism in the scientific community because the discovery, if confirmed, would have been at odds with Einstein’s theory of relativity, which has held sway for more than a century. The neutrinos arrived 60 nanoseconds earlier than the 2.3 milliseconds taken by light in experiments conducted between the European Centre for Nuclear Research in Switzerland and a laboratory in Italy.