Science X Dialog
Science X Dialog is where researchers can share news and information about their own published journal articles.
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Dialog / I've created human-style eyes for robots, with some inspiration from Jabba the Hutt
In humanoid robots, artificial eyes are often referred to as dolls' eyes because they are made from glass or acrylic. This is a problem as their pupils don't respond like living human eyes do. Pupils are important as they ...
Dialog / We mapped every large solar plant on the planet using satellites and machine learning
An astonishing 82% decrease in the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy since 2010 has given the world a fighting chance to build a zero-emissions energy system which might be less costly than the fossil-fuelled system ...
Dialog / Why are birds' eggs colourful? New research shows it's linked to the shape of their nests
Of all the vertebrates on Earth—that is, animals with backbones—birds are the only ones that lay colorful eggs. Scientists are still unsure why, but new research brings us a step closer to finding out.
Dialog / No home where the buffalo roam? Birds decline after bison return to conservation grasslands
American bison narrowly escaped extinction due to overhunting in the 19th century, but their populations have since rebounded thanks to modern conservation efforts. Today, bison are increasingly being reintroduced to new ...
Dialog / Discovery of a conserved anti-SARS-CoV-potential therapeutic target in the heart of human and bat spike proteins
The spike glycoprotein of the human severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses (hSARS-CoVs) represents an attractive target for the design and development of biopharmaceuticals as well as small molecule drugs, desirable ...
Dialog / Making hay while the birds nest? Study finds landowners willing to protect grassland birds nesting in their hay fields
Grassland bird populations have been steeply declining for decades, and conservationists are in a race against the clock to find ways to prevent their continued losses. Temperate grasslands are some of the least protected ...
Dialog / Researchers discovered the world's first monolayer silicon carbide: Towards atomic-level semiconductor technologies
Prof. Sakineh Chabi from the University of New Mexico and her team recently discovered the world's first monolayer silicon carbide. The newly discovered 2D SiC materials have graphene-like hexagonal lattice, and average thickness ...
Dialog / Machine-learned phenomenological model for synthesis of inorganic crystalline materials
The establishment of materials science should acknowledge the contribution of phenomenological models. A few examples include: the famous Arrhenius relation that reveals the temperature-dependent kinetic process, and Fick's ...
Dialog / Structure of 3He: Small A nuclei are key to the nuclear force holding the atomic nucleus together
Findings in nuclear physics theory have received several Nobel Prizes (1975-nucleus vibrations and rotations, 1963-nuclear shell model, 1949-meson exchange model of nuclear forces). Despite these awards, the structure of ...
Dialog / How mind-boggling features of UFOs can be explained from the physical point of view: Prospective applications
Why are there just 18 letters in the English alphabet? Because E.T. flew away riding a UFO with the CIA in pursuit.
Dialog / Novel cell engineering method for drug discovery, biologics and cell therapy
Every graduate student, creative person and inventor of any stripe has experienced periods when nothing seems to come together, some of us many times. I was waist-deep in such pit after a year-long effort to make a large ...
Dialog / Taking the pulse of a neutron star for almost five decades finds nearly cyclic spin changes on long time-scales
The X-ray binary system Vela X-1 consists of a neutron star (which contains as much mass as our sun (~1030 kg), but is very compact and has a radius of ~10 km or so, about the size of a small city) and a supermassive star ...