by Ingrid Fadelli | Sep 30, 2021 | Computer Sciences, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Researchers at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Barcelona have recently developed Baby Robot, a robotic toy that could be used to enhance the motor skills of toddlers. This system, presented in a paper pre-published on arXiv, can interact with toddlers in ways...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Sep 30, 2021 | Optics & Photonics, PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
For several decades, physicists have known that light can be described simultaneously as a wave and a particle. This fascinating ‘duality’ of light is due to the classical and quantum nature of electromagnetic excitations, the processes through which...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Sep 30, 2021 | nanomaterials, Nanophysics, Nanotechnology, PHYS.ORG
In physics, the moiré pattern is a specific geometrical design in which sets of straight or curved lines are superposed on top of each other. Recent studies have found that bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenide materials arranged in moiré patterns could be...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Sep 30, 2021 | Nanophysics, Nanotechnology, PHYS.ORG
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are narrow and long strips of graphene with widths below 100 nm. GNRs that have smooth edges, a sizable bandgap and high charge carrier mobility could be highly valuable for a wide range of electronic and optoelectronic applications. So...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Sep 30, 2021 | Engineering, TECHXPLORE
Researchers at Tianjin University of Technology in China have recently developed a new brain network-based framework for recognizing the emotions of deaf individuals. This framework, presented in a paper published in IEEE Sensors Journal, is specifically based on...
