by Ingrid Fadelli | Apr 1, 2025 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
Speech is a unique human ability that is known to be supported by various motor and cognitive processes. When humans start speaking, they can decide to cease at any point; for instance, if they are interrupted by something happening or by another person speaking to...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Apr 1, 2025 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
In recent years, physicists have been trying to better understand the behavior of individual quantum particles as they move in space. Yet directly imaging these particles with high precision has so far proved challenging, due to the limitations of existing microscopy...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Apr 1, 2025 | Astronomy, Astronomy & Space, PHYS.ORG
In 2015, astrophysicists discovered a system consisting of two compact stars orbiting each other: a pulsar (i.e., a highly magnetized rapidly rotating, light-emitting neutron star) and a so-called companion star. The companion star in this system has a mass that is...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 31, 2025 | MEDICALXPRESS, Psychology & Psychiatry
For decades, psychologists and social scientists have been trying to understand what contributes to people’s mental health, happiness and overall feeling of well-being. Their efforts have already helped to design numerous social and therapeutic interventions...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 31, 2025 | General Physics, PHYS.ORG, Physics
The brain’s ability to process information is known to be supported by intricate connections between different neuron populations. A key objective of neuroscience research has been to delineate the processes via which these connections influence information...
