Saudi Arabia, for all of its wealth (perhaps even because of it), has a huge problem. Its citizens are so affluent that they’re ageing faster than most other people, experiencing higher rates of obesity and diabetes because they eat more and exercise less. This is likely why the Saudi crown prince plans to spend 1 billion USD every year on anti-aging research. What makes the Saudis’ attempt stand out is that they’re going to be pumping a lot more money not just into research but also into drug trials. 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
