by Ingrid Fadelli | May 6, 2020 | Research, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Animal behaviors and the biological mechanisms underpinning them are among the greatest sources of inspiration for robotics studies. Over the past decade or so, countless research teams at universities and companies worldwide have been trying to develop robots that...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 6, 2020 | Consumer & Gadgets, Electronics & Semiconductors, Energy & Green Tech, Engineering, Hi Tech & Innovation, TECHXPLORE
The global demand for rechargeable batteries has grown exponentially over the past decade or so, as they are needed to power the increasing numbers of portable electronic devices such as smart phones, laptops, tablets, smart watches and fitness trackers. To work most...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 6, 2020 | Neuroscience, Research, TECHXPLORE
Skyrmions are ultra-stable atomic objects first discovered in real materials in 2009, which have more recently also been found also to exist at room temperatures. These unique objects have a number of desirable properties, including a substantially small threshold...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 6, 2020 | Astronomy & Space, Engineering, PHYS.ORG, Research
The ADMX collaboration, a group of researchers working at universities across the U.S. and Europe, has recently performed a new search for invisible axion dark matter using a cavity haloscope and a low-noise Josephson parametric amplifier. Cavity haloscopes are...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 6, 2020 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry
Past research in the field of neuroscience suggests that specific types of cells can contribute to the development of psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. However, identifying the types of cells that may play a role in schizophrenia can be quite...
