by Ingrid Fadelli | Oct 3, 2024 | General Physics, Optics & Photonics, PHYS.ORG, Physics
Researchers in the Neutral Atom Optical Clocks Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), University of Colorado and Pennsylvania State University recently devised a new sub-recoil Sisyphus cooling technique that could help to improve the...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Oct 3, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical procedure that entails the implantation of electrodes in specific brain regions, to subsequently stimulate these regions via high frequency electric impulses. This procedure is a highly effective therapeutic intervention...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Oct 3, 2024 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression is one of the most common mental disorders, affecting an estimated 300 million people worldwide. While there are currently numerous pharmacological treatments for depression, how different treatments impact the brains of the patients they are administered...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Oct 3, 2024 | Engineering, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Advancements in the field of robotics are fueled by research, which in turn heavily relies on effective platforms to test algorithms for robot control and navigation. While numerous robotics platforms have been developed over the past decades, most of them have...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Oct 3, 2024 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Superperconductivity
Materials that exhibit superconducting properties at high temperatures, known as high-temperature superconductors, have been the focus of numerous recent studies, as they can be used to develop new technologies that perform well at higher temperatures. Although...