by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 3, 2023 | Electronics & Semiconductors, Hi Tech & Innovation, TECHXPLORE
Advanced communication technologies, such as the fifth generation (5G) mobile network and the internet of things (IoT) can greatly benefit from devices that can support wireless communications while consuming a minimum amount of power. As most existing devices have...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 3, 2023 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
Severe brain injuries or head traumas in humans can lead to various stages of so-called disorders of consciousness (DoC). These are states in which consciousness is either partly or entirely absent, such as a coma; unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, also known as a...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 3, 2023 | Electronics & Semiconductors, Engineering, TECHXPLORE
Transistors, semiconducting devices that regulate, amplify and generate the flow of electrical current, are central components of most electronics. Electronics engineers have been trying to develop increasingly smaller transistors, as this could support the...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 3, 2023 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
Past studies have found that the brains of some animals generate representations of the direction in which they are headed. For instance, the heading direction of insects is represented by the activity of neurons in a region at the center of their brain, known as the...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 3, 2023 | Electronics & Semiconductors, Engineering, TECHXPLORE
In recent years, electronics engineers have developed a wide range of systems inspired by human and animal biology. By closely replicating complex biological processes, these systems could ultimately tackle numerous real-world problems more reliably and...