There’s no fast food pairing more iconic than burgers and fries. But this pairing was actually a product of war! French fries were part of an army cook’s repertoire in World War I because they were cheap and popular with American troops. Sometimes it was served with another cheap and filling dish: hamburger steak. But it was White Castle in Kansas that popularised the pairing; the meat shortages of World War II forced them to find a cheap side dish for their burger sliders. The rest is delicious history. Read full article here
Science
‘Ghostly’ neutrinos provide new path to study protons
In groundbreaking research, an international collaboration of scientists from the University of Rochester have used a beam of neutrinos to measure the size and shape of the protons that make up the nuclei of atoms. This feat, once thought impossible, provides scientists with a new way of looking at the small components of an atom’s nucleus and opens up a wealth of new information about the structure of an atom’s nucleus and the dynamics of the forces that affect neutrino interactions. The researchers solved the challenge of harnessing neutrinos in large numbers by using a neutrino detector containing a target of both hydrogen and carbon atoms, and over nine years of data collection at Fermilab’s accelerator. Read full article here
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March 25, 2023
