by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 20, 2020 | SCIENTIA, STEM Education
The Modern Blanket Toss program offers students attending high school in Alaska, the chance to engage in a series of learning activities using drones – focusing on the wellbeing of local communities. Dr John Monahan of the University of Alaska Fairbanks describes...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 20, 2020 | Computer Sciences, Machine learning & AI, Research, TECHXPLORE
In recent years, many research teams worldwide have been developing and evaluating techniques to enable different locomotion styles in legged robots. One way of training robots to walk like humans or animals is by having them analyze and emulate real-world...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 20, 2020 | MEDICALXPRESS, Medicine & Healthcare, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry
In order to survive and thrive, humans and other living organisms must continuously acquire new strategies to adapt their behaviour to changing environments. Past studies suggest that the synchronization between different brain cells could create flexible brain states...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 20, 2020 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics, Superperconductivity
In the vast majority of superconducting materials, Cooper pairs have what is known as even parity, which essentially means that their wave function does not change when electrons swap spatial coordinates. Conversely, some unconventional superconductors have been found...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 20, 2020 | Consumer & Gadgets, Hi Tech & Innovation, PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
Radar technology, which stands for radio detection and ranging, has been around for several decades and has a wide range of real-world applications. Radar is currently used to detect targets or other objects in many settings. For instance, it is employed during...
