by Ingrid Fadelli | May 1, 2024 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
Quantum computers, systems that process and store information leveraging quantum mechanical phenomena, could eventually outperform classical computers on numerous tasks. Among other things, these computers could allow researchers to tackle complex optimization...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 1, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience
Over the course of their lives, humans build subjective internal models outlining the associations between specific environmental stimuli and rewards that could be gained from interacting with them. These experience-based models allow them to infer what benefits they...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 1, 2024 | Machine learning & AI, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Researchers at Meta AI, Stanford University, Technische, Universität Dresden and the German Cancer Research Center (DFKZ) recently developed DIGIT Pinki, a miniature-sized sensor that can detect tactile information. This sensor, presented in a paper posted...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 1, 2024 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Superperconductivity
Unconventional superconducting states are states of superconductivity rooted in physical processes that do not conform with the conventional theory of superconductivity, namely Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer (BCS) theory. These states are characterized by close...
by Ingrid Fadelli | May 1, 2024 | Endocrinology & Metabolism, MEDICALXPRESS, Psychology & Psychiatry
Over the past decades, numerous studies have investigated the neural and cognitive processes underpinning intergroup conflict, as this could help to explain what fuels belligerent behavior, political clashes, and wars. While these works gathered some interesting...
