Older workers are often perceived as different by their younger colleagues, even without evidence backing these preconceived notions, leading to their exclusion from ingroups. Because they’re stereotyped to be weaker performers, less flexible, and less competent, older workers’ opinions are also less likely to be listened to. Continued exclusion and dismissal of opinions mean there is poorer communication and collaboration, along with less diverse viewpoints when it comes to decision-making, leading to poorer decisions and lower levels of creativity and innovation. 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
Merv
March 25, 2023
