CARONTE: A Physics-Informed Extreme Learning Machine-Based Algorithm for Plasma Boundary Reconstruction in Magnetically Confined Fusion Devices

¡¿Inteligencia Natural?!

Tra il 17 e il 21 novembre 2025 si è svolta a Barcellona la XIII Biennale Internazionale del Paesaggio, dal titolo "¡¿Inteligencia Natural?! - Abrazando el Conocimiento Multifacético en la Era de la IA". Al Palau de la Música, la giuria presieduta da Gary Hildebrand ha assegnato il Premio Internazionale delle Scuole di Architettura del Paesaggio "Ribas Piera" all’Università di Greenwich, mentre la giuria del Premio "Rosa Barba", presieduta da Kate Orff, ha assegnato il prestigioso riconoscim...

Time-domain THz characterization of semiconductors across a wide doping range by combined transmission spectroscopy and ellipsometry

Terahertz (THz) time-domain techniques provide a powerful, contactless tool for probing the electrodynamic response of semiconductors. However, conventional THz transmission spectroscopy becomes increasingly ineffective for highly doped or conductive samples due to strong absorption and reduced penetration depth, whereas reflection methods for opaque samples are extremely sensitive to even small errors in phase. In this work, we present a single, unified THz time-domain platform, operated eit...

Re-Ni2B2C Superconducting borocarbides: "in situ" growth of thin films, transport and point contact spectroscopy

High quality c-axis oriented films of the intriguing intermetallic superconducting compound YNi2B2C have been obtained "in situ" by magnetron sputtering on MgO substrates held at about 800 °C. The films showed maximum Tc = 15.3 K, ΔTc = 0.1 K, room temperature resistivity ρ ≈ 50 μΩ·cm, critical current Jc ≈ 105 A/cm2 and BC2 ≈ 6 T. Superconducting films were also obtained on Al2O3 and LaAlO3 single-crystal substrates. From the ρ(T) dependence a value of the Debye temperature ΘD = 330 ± 20 K c...