by Ingrid Fadelli | Apr 25, 2023 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Surgery
Before undergoing surgeries and other invasive medical procedures, patients typically undergo anesthesia. Anesthesia consists in giving patients a class of drugs (i.e., anesthetics) that cause them to lose feeling in specific areas of the body (i.e., local anesthesia)...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Apr 25, 2023 | General Physics, PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
The ATLAS collaboration, the large research consortium involved in analyzing data collected by the ATLAS particle collider at CERN, recently observed the electroweak production of two Z bosons and two jets. This crucial observation, presented in Nature Physics,...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Apr 25, 2023 | Computer Sciences, Security, TECHXPLORE
Online romance fraud is an increasingly common phenomenon, which can affect people of all ages worldwide. This type of fraud occurs when a malicious individual or members of a criminal organization engage with users online pretending to be romantically interested in...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Apr 25, 2023 | Electronics & Semiconductors, Engineering, TECHXPLORE
Metasurfaces, two-dimensional (2D) or planar versions of metamaterials exhibit properties that are not typically found in natural materials. As they are flat, these materials can typically be produced using widely known fabrication processes and may help to control...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Apr 25, 2023 | General Physics, PHYS.ORG, Physics
Antineutrinos, the antimatter counterpart of neutrinos, have an almost non-existent mass and charge, and almost never interact with other particles, which makes them particularly difficult to detect. Physicists have been studying neutrinos from reactors for many...
