by Ingrid Fadelli | Jan 4, 2023 | MEDICALXPRESS, Medications, Neuroscience
Human beings can sometimes experience dissociative states, moments in which they feel disconnected from their body and the world around them. While these states have been linked to many psychiatric conditions, they can also be elicited by the intake of some legal and...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jan 4, 2023 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Plasma Physics
Black holes, regions in spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape from them, are among the most fascinating and widely studied cosmic phenomena. While there are now countless theories about their formation and underlying physics, many questions...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jan 4, 2023 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
Feelings of pain and discomfort are crucial to the survival and evolution of animals, as they help to detect injuries or existential threats and pinpoint their location in the body. Pain signals are produced by nociceptors, sensory neurons that respond to damage to...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Dec 5, 2022 | Consumer & Gadgets, Security, TECHXPLORE
In recent years, many smartphone users have become concerned about the privacy of their data and the extent to which companies might have access to this data. As things stand today, the applications that users can run on their phone and what they can do with these...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Dec 5, 2022 | Astronomy, Astronomy & Space, PHYS.ORG
Primordial black holes (PBHs) are fascinating cosmic bodies that have been widely investigated by astrophysicists worldwide. As suggested by their name, these are black holes believed to have appeared in the universe’s early days, less than a second after the...