by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | Electronics & Semiconductors, Energy & Green Tech, TECHXPLORE
Over the past few decades, solar cells have become increasingly widespread, with a growing number of individuals and businesses worldwide now relying on solar energy to power their homes or operations. Energy engineers worldwide have thus been trying to identify...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | Optics & Photonics, PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
Classical physics theories suggest that when two or more electromagnetic waves interfere destructively (i.e., with their electric fields canceling each other out), they cannot interact with matter. In contrast, quantum mechanics theory suggests that light particles...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | Condensed Matter, PHYS.ORG, Quantum Physics
Quasicrystals, exotic states of matter characterized by an ordered structure with non-repeating spatial patterns, have been the focus of numerous recent physics studies due to their unique organization and resulting symmetries. Among the quasicrystals that have...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
The mammalian brain is known to produce mental representations of the spatial environment, known as cognitive maps, that help humans and animals navigate their surroundings. A subpopulation of neurons in the CA1 area of the hippocampus, which are referred to as place...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 3, 2025 | Electronics & Semiconductors, Engineering, TECHXPLORE
Over the past decades, electronics engineers have developed a wide range of wearable devices that can be used to track some physiological processes and collect health or fitness-related data. These devices rely on miniature sensors that can pick up different signals,...
