by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 12, 2023 | Electronics & Semiconductors, Engineering, TECHXPLORE
Researchers at Kyushu University, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Osaka University in Japan have recently introduced a new strategy for synthesizing multi-layer hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a material that could be...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 12, 2023 | Energy & Green Tech, TECHXPLORE
Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) are among the most widespread rechargeable battery technologies, due to their high energy densities and performances. Despite their versatility and advantageous characteristics, these batteries often require specific times to charge and...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 12, 2023 | General Physics, PHYS.ORG, Physics
For more than half a decade, the Majorana Collaboration, a large consortium of researchers from different universities worldwide, have been trying to observe neutrinoless double-beta decay, one of the rarest forms of radioactive decay. This was done using the Majorana...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 12, 2023 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Parkinson's & Movement Disorders
Proteins, long polymers comprised of smaller constituents known as amino acids, play a crucial role in the functioning of the human body. Over the course of a human’s life, these “strings” of proteins fold into unique 3D structures or conformations,...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 12, 2023 | Machine learning & AI, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
While robots have become increasingly advanced over the past few years, most of them are still unable to reliably navigate very crowded spaces, such as public areas or roads in urban environments. To be implemented on a large-scale and in the smart cities of the...
