by Ingrid Fadelli | Jan 31, 2025 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
Quantum computing holds the promise of outperforming classical computing on some optimization and data processing tasks. The creation of highly performing large-scale quantum computers, however, relies on the ability to support controlled interactions between qubits,...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jan 31, 2025 | General Physics, PHYS.ORG, Physics
Dipole toroidal modes are a unique set of excitations that are predicted to occur in various physical systems, ranging from atomic nuclei to metamaterials. What characterizes these excitations, or modes, is a toroidal distribution of currents, which results in the...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jan 31, 2025 | Engineering, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Humans and animals are the key inspiration for many robotic systems developed to date, as they possess body structures that innately support efficient locomotion. While many bipedal (i.e., two-legged) robots are humanoids, meaning that their body resembles that of...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jan 31, 2025 | MEDICALXPRESS, Psychology & Psychiatry
When we first meet another person, we typically form an initial impression of them based on their facial features and appearance. These first impressions of others could potentially influence our subsequent cognitive processes, such as what mental states we believe...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jan 31, 2025 | Consumer & Gadgets, Machine learning & AI, TECHXPLORE
While most humans can innately use their hands to communicate with others or grab and manipulate objects, many existing robotic systems only excel at simple manual tasks. In recent years, computer scientists worldwide have been developing machine learning-based models...
