There’s an expert for everything, no matter how niche the topic is. Lawyers would know, with the job constantly requiring them to bring experts to the witness stand. These expert witnesses give their interpretations of the case’s facts to aid the judge and jury. But their expertise isn’t cheap; they command hundreds of dollars per hour for trial prep and their presence in court. In one case, a forensic architect, who looks into why buildings fall apart, said they were paid $2.4 million for their time on a case. 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
