Platelets drive shuttle buggy

Synchronizing a single-electron shuttle to an external drive

The nanomechanical single-electron shuttle is a resonant system in which a suspended metallic island oscillates between and impacts at two electrodes. This setup holds promise for one-by-one electron transport and the establishment of an absolute current standard. While the charge transported per oscillation by the nanoscale island will be quantized in the Coulomb blockade regime, the frequency...

R2D2 Goes to Buggy

In this project, we set out to model a buggy car that is automatically controlled by R2D2 on a track of curves and hills. We analyze the kinematics of motion in these environments to create constraints which ensure safe control decisions. Guaranteeing the safety of this roads is important for a number of applications ranging from controlling self-driving cars to constructing safe race tracks. F...

Platelets harness the immune response to drive liver cancer.

H epatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common and highly lethal tumor that is currently the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths (1). Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for more than 50% of HCC cases worldwide, making it the second most important known carcinogen for all types of cancer. Although prevention of HBV infection by implementation of universal infant vaccination strategies ...

Effect of Age on Learning to Drive a Virtual Coal Mine Shuttle Car

Many control devices produce movements that can be described as compatible, that is, movement of the control in one direction results in a congruent movement in the system. However, not all devices adhere to this direct relationship between control movement and system response. This study investigates age and practice effects on error and reaction times for a real-world vehicle steering system ...

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