npr:
“Researchers from the University of Rochester and North Carolina State University have for the first time sent a message using a beam of neutrinos — nearly massless particles that travel at almost the speed of light,” U of R reports.
And they pushed the message — which simply spelled out the world “Neutrino” — through “240 meters of stone” (787 feet).
What if we could shoot a message through the center of the planet and back in time?
That’s right, as Live Science puts it: “For the first time, scientists have used neutrinos — the exotic fundamental particles that routinely pass right through Earth — to send a message through the ground.” -Mark Memmott
Fucking cool.
