Particles faster than light: Revolution or mistake?

This is an interesting find. I am going to say that it is a mistake. Please let's not undo the brillance of Einstein!!!

In science, revolutions take time.

Eu­reka moments can stretch into noggin-scratching years.

And so, the day after news broke of a possible revolution in physics — particles moving faster than light, violating Einstein’s ultimate speed limit — a scientist leading the European experiment that made the discovery calmly explained it to a standing-room-only crowd at CERN, the giant particle accelerator straddling the Swiss-French border.

The physicist, Dario Auterio, made no sweeping claims.

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