In an effort to force his kids to go offline, a French dad used a signal jammer to prevent their devices from connecting to the Internet. Signal jammers work by transmitting radio signals with the same frequencies as those of mobile phones and other devices, preventing them from connecting to cell towers and receiving signals. While it worked for him, it worked a little too well; he’d also prevented the residents of a neighbouring town from connecting to the Internet. 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
