by Ingrid Fadelli | Feb 4, 2024 | Energy & Green Tech, TECHXPLORE
Enhanced geothermal systems (EGSs) are human-made or enriched reservoirs within the Earth’s subsurface, from which heat can be extracted to produce geothermal energy. The energy produced by these reservoirs could serve as an alternative source of electricity,...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Feb 4, 2024 | nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, PHYS.ORG
Engineers and material scientists have been trying to develop increasingly advanced devices, to meet the growing needs of the electronics industry. These devices include electrostatic capacitors, devices that can store electrical energy in a dielectric between a pair...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Feb 4, 2024 | Energy & Green Tech, Engineering, TECHXPLORE
In recent years, engineers have been trying to identify new technologies to sustainably generate and store energy. One promising solution leverages the energy produced by osmosis when two fluids with a different salt concentration meet, such as when a freshwater body...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Feb 4, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry
Humans commonly evaluate the beauty of other humans, as well as objects, places, natural landscapes, and even animals. The innate human tendency to make aesthetic judgments has been the topic of numerous psychological studies, yet its neural and cognitive...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Feb 4, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
In mammals, the perception of visual stimuli is supported by the coordinated activity of thousands of neurons in different brain regions. The images perceived by the eyes are represented in the brain, passing various steps through which representations are...
