“[A]lthough our loved ones have closed their eyes and are ready to leave us, their brains may be replaying some of the nicest moments they have experienced in their lives.” Doctors discovered that recalling memories is one of the last things a human brain does before we die. They observed brain waves similar to those observed during “dreaming, meditation, memory retrieval, information processing, and conscious perception”, while monitoring the brain waves of a patient who unexpectedly passed from a heart attack. 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
