How Einstein’s Lost Theory Could Help Us Find Minerals
Physicist Enbang Li is challenging the fundamental assumption that the speed of light is constant by testing whether gravity influences its velocity. His research suggests that light speed variations could eventually assist in mineral exploration and climate monitoring.
Why it matters
If proven, this research could fundamentally alter our understanding of physics and provide new tools for geophysical surveying and resource detection.
Albert Einstein postulated in his 1905 theory of special relativity that the speed of light in a vacuum is constant. Ever since, that’s been one of the fundamental assumptions of physics.
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