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Originally Posted by photon
Actually reading the discovery it seems there's some wiggle room for new physics, so that's good. The quest continues.
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It certainly opens to door to interesting things if we have discovered a fundamental explanation for the existence of mass and if this can be manipulated so can gravity and today, journalists are jumping at the idea that light speed travel may now be possible. More journalistic sensationalism or is there science behind this?
If E=mc^2 and you take mass out of the equation by manipulating the Higgs, suddenly you don't need infinite energy to accelerate something to 99.9% c anymore.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/07...ientists-hope/