Ancient Romans taught children the alphabet through a multisensory approach. While some teachers doled out punishments to help children remember, others would give out sweets as a form of positive reinforcement. The reward was shaped like the letter they were learning that day, connecting the somewhat abstract letter to a visual (and delicious) aid and using the combination of vision and taste to help cement the letter in the student’s mind. 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
