by Ingrid Fadelli | Sep 2, 2022 | Hi Tech & Innovation, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
In recent years, roboticists have developed a wide variety of robotic systems with different body structures and capabilities. Most of these robots are either made of hard materials, such as metals, or soft materials, such as silicon and rubbery materials.
by Ingrid Fadelli | Sep 2, 2022 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
The CREX Collaboration, a large group of researchers from different universities worldwide who are involved in the Calcium Radius Experiment (CREX), has recently collected a precise measurement of the broken mirror symmetry in the elastic scattering of longitudinally...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Sep 2, 2022 | Inflammatory Disorders, MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
Over the past decades, many neuroscientists have investigated how the mammalian brain modulates pain, trying to uncover the neural mechanisms underpinning chronic pain. Chronic pain is pain in specific parts of the body, that persists for long periods of time,...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Sep 2, 2022 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
Trapped ion computers are quantum computers in which the qubits (quantum units of information) are ions trapped by electric fields and manipulated with lasers. To avoid crosstalk between nearby qubits, physicists and engineers design these computers using two...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Sep 2, 2022 | Machine learning & AI, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
In recent years, roboticists have been trying to improve how robots interact with different objects found in real-world settings. While some of their efforts yielded promising results, the manipulation skills of most existing robotic systems still lag behinds those of...
