by Ingrid Fadelli | Oct 3, 2024 | Electronics & Semiconductors, Hi Tech & Innovation, TECHXPLORE
In recent years, research teams worldwide have been trying to develop new flexible and soft electronics. These devices could have various potential applications, for instance helping doctors to monitor their patients’ health conditions or supporting...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Aug 30, 2024 | Machine learning & AI, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Four-legged animals are innately capable of agile and adaptable movements, which allow them to move on a wide range of terrains. Over the past decades, roboticists worldwide have been trying to effectively reproduce these movements in quadrupedal (i.e., four-legged)...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Aug 30, 2024 | Energy & Green Tech, TECHXPLORE
The power-conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic solar cells based on compounds known as polymer donors and fused ring electron acceptors (FREAs) have recently exceeded 19%. In contrast, organic solar cells based on non-fused ring electron acceptors (NFREAs), more...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Aug 30, 2024 | General Physics, PHYS.ORG, Physics
The Belle II experiment is a large research effort aimed at precisely measuring weak-interaction parameters, studying exotic hadrons (i.e., a class of subatomic particles) and searching for new physical phenomena. This effort primarily relies on the analysis of data...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Aug 30, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
The hippocampus is a crucial region in the brain of mammals, which has been predominantly linked to the formation of memories. The retrieval of memories stored in the hippocampus at a later stage relies on a process known as “pattern separation,” which...