A century after Albert Einstein came up with his theories of relativity, a constellation of Global Positioning System satellites is orbiting Earth, making practical use of his ground-breaking understanding of time.
If the discovery of the Higgs boson particle pans out, will even more mind-bending technologies result?
Theoretically, it's possible, says Arizona State University physicist Lawrence Krauss; but practically, it's unlikely.
"If you could manipulate the Higgs field locally, you'd have a great 'Star Trek' device. You could make objects disappear. It'd be a great weapon, a great magic trick — if you could put things back together again," Krauss told Discovery News.
But how would you tweak the field, which is believed to be responsible for giving matter its substance?
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