Science X Dialog
Dialog / Which species will win and lose in a warmer climate? It depends where they evolved
As the global climate shifts, it's important to know which species have adaptations to survive. Our research published today in PNAS found it largely depends on where they evolved.
Dialog / Most people carry remnants of a chemical pollutant, and ultrasound technology can help clean it up
There's a type of synthetic chemical which has been so widely used over the last 70 years that its remnants can be found in 99% of humans. Even low level exposure to this pollutant is known to increase the risks of several ...
Dialog / How bird life may be affected by roads, and what to do about it
"Build, build, build." In an attempt to kickstart the UK's economic recovery from COVID-19, prime minister Boris Johnson has announced a £5 billion boost to infrastructure projects, including £100 million for roads. Sadly, ...
Dialog / Sustaining the enhanced electrical conductivity of chemically doped carbon nanotube wires
Modern technologies continue to become lighter, smaller, and faster, although the conductors used to power these technologies remain relatively unchanged. Conventional metal conductors, largely copper, are used to power the ...
Dialog / Novel nanomaterials for cheap and thin electrically responsive films
Is it possible for the next generation of optical nanomaterial films to outperform high-purity crystals? Can nanomaterial films form cheap screens that respond faster than liquid crystal displays?
Dialog / Climate change: 40°C summer temperatures could be common in UK by 2100
A stark warning about the kind of summer that could become routine in the UK by the end of this century has been issued in a new study by the country's Met Office.
Dialog / Aleppo pine population responses to climate change reveal differential sensitivity to precipitation
Trees are crucial organisms in many terrestrial ecosystems. Tree responses to climate variations could influence the global carbon and water cycles considerably and affect the ecosystem services that forests provide. However, ...
Dialog / The sustainability of arsenic-safe groundwater in the Bengal Delta
Worldwide, an estimated 220 million people are drinking groundwater containing the toxin arsenic (As) at concentrations above the World Health Organization guideline of 10 parts per billion. About 94% of the people at risk ...
Dialog / Coronavirus and cancer hijack the same parts in human cells to spread: Existing cancer drugs could fight COVID-19
Most antivirals in use today target parts of an invading virus itself. Unfortunately, SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—has proven hard to kill. But viruses rely on cellular mechanisms in human cells to help them ...
Dialog / Could we extract energy from a black hole? Our experiment verifies old theory
A rotating black hole is such an extreme force of nature that it drags surrounding time and space around with it. So it is only natural to ask whether black holes could be used as some sort of energy source. In 1969, mathematical ...
Dialog / Lancet-gate in the COVID-19 pandemic era: is it alright for science to be wrong?
The world was stunned when The Lancet, medicine's most respected scientific journal, retracted a blockbuster article within two weeks of its publication over data credibility.
Dialog / I study coronavirus in a highly secured biosafety lab – here's why I feel safer here than in the world outside
It's quiet in the laboratory, almost peaceful. But I'm holding live SARS-CoV-2 in my hands and this virus is not to be taken lightly.