The replication crisis describes the growing problem within the sciences where researchers can’t replicate the results of many published studies. But one field that remains unaffected is mathematics. Jay Daigle says this is the case because reading mathematics papers is a form of replication already. This is because math papers are the “real work” and not descriptions of the actual work done in experiments. By going through and checking the proofs in a math paper, you effectively replicate the work done by the author of the paper. 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
