by Ingrid Fadelli | May 4, 2021 | General Physics, PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Collaboration, a large group of researchers from different institutes worldwide, has recently gathered the very first evidence of top quark production in nucleus-nucleus collisions. Their work, outlined in a paper published in Physical...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 4, 2021 | Electronics & Semiconductors, TECHXPLORE
Over the past decade or so, research teams worldwide have been trying to develop devices and hardware components for quantum information processing. The performance of most of these emerging devices depends in great part on optimized circuit implementations that can...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 4, 2021 | Engineering, Security, TECHXPLORE
In recent years, hackers have become increasingly good at counterfeiting identification and authentication tags. This has led to an increase in cases of identity theft, fraud, security breaches and other concerning privacy or security related incidents.
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 4, 2021 | Condensed Matter, PHYS.ORG, Physics
Antiferromagnetism is a type of magnetism in which parallel but opposing spins occur spontaneously within a material. Antiferromagnets, materials that exhibit antiferromagnetism, have advantageous characteristics that make them particularly promising for fabricating...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 4, 2021 | Immunology, MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
As human beings age, the functioning of organs gradually deteriorates. While countless past studies have investigated the effects of aging on the human body, brain and on cognition, the neural mechanisms and environmental factors that can accelerate or slow down these...