by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | Biology, Molecular & Computational biology, PHYS.ORG, Plants & Animals
The ability to quickly recognize sounds, particularly the vocalizations made by other animals, is known to contribute to the survival of a wide range of species. This ability is supported by a process known as categorical perception, which entails the transformation...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | Engineering, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have already proved to be valuable tools for a wide range of applications, ranging from film and entertainment production to defense and security, agriculture, logistics, construction and environmental...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
As humans and other animals navigate their surroundings and experience different things, their brain creates so-called cognitive maps, which are internal representations of environments or tasks. These mental maps are eventually generalized into schemas, frameworks...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | Alzheimer's disease & dementia, Gerontology & Geriatrics, MEDICALXPRESS
As humans age, particularly after middle age, their brain functions, cognitive abilities and memory can deteriorate to varying degrees. Aging-related disorders marked by cognitive decline, particularly dementia, have become increasingly widespread over the past...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | PHYS.ORG, Quantum Physics
Exceptional points (EPs) are unique types of energy-level degeneracies that occur in non-Hermitian systems. Since their existence was first proposed more than a century ago, physicists have only been able to experimentally observe two types of EPs, both of which were...
