by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | Genetics, MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience
The human brain is known to contain a wide range of cell types, which have different roles and functions. The processes via which cells in the brain, particularly its outermost layer (i.e., the cerebral cortex), gradually become specialized and take on specific roles...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | General Physics, PHYS.ORG, Physics
While many research groups worldwide have been searching for dark matter over the past decades, detecting it has so far proved very challenging, thus very little is known about its possible composition and physical properties. Two promising dark matter candidates...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | Nanophysics, Nanotechnology, PHYS.ORG
Ferroelectrics are a class of materials that exhibit so-called spontaneous electric polarization, which is the separation of electric charges that can be reversed when an external electric field is applied to them. The dipole moments (i.e., pairs of equal and opposite...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | PHYS.ORG, Physics, Quantum Physics
The operation of quantum technologies relies on the reliable realization and control of quantum states, particularly entanglement. In the context of quantum physics, entanglement entails a connection between particles, whereby measuring one determines the result of...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Jun 4, 2025 | Optics & Photonics, PHYS.ORG, Quantum Physics
Quantum technologies, which leverage quantum mechanical effects to process information, could outperform their classical counterparts in some complex and advanced tasks. The development and real-world deployment of these technologies partly relies on the ability to...
