by Ingrid Fadelli | May 4, 2020 | Engineering, Hi Tech & Innovation, TECHXPLORE
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have recently fabricated a transverse tunneling field-effect transistor. This is a semiconductor device that can be used to amplify or switch electrical power or signals, operating through a phenomenon known as quantum...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 4, 2020 | MEDICALXPRESS, Medicine & Healthcare
Evolution, the process by which living organisms adapt to their surrounding environment over time, has been widely studied over the years. As first hypothesized by Darwin in the mid 1800s, research evidence suggests that most biological species, including humans,...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Apr 30, 2020 | Hi Tech & Innovation, Psychology & Psychiatry, TECHXPLORE
Optical technologies that can be used to modulate neuronal activity are opening up exciting possibilities for research in neuroscience and biology. Optical tools allow neuroscientists to excite and inhibit neurons or areas of the brain at will. They can thus be used...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Apr 30, 2020 | Astronomy & Space, PHYS.ORG, Physics, Space
Physics theory suggests that the universe is made up in great part by a type of matter that does not emit, absorb or reflect light, and hence cannot be observed using conventional detection methods. This type of matter, referred to as dark matter, has so far never...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Apr 30, 2020 | Medicine & Healthcare, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Microscopic sensors that can detect small changes in pressure have numerous useful applications, particularly for the development of robots and health-monitoring wearable devices. Most existing capacitive and transistor-based pressure sensors, however, have a number...
