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- An artificial material that can sense, adapt to its environment
- Vast patches of glassy rock in Chilean desert likely created by ancient exploding comet
- Light pollution makes crickets chirp in the daytime and may disrupt reproductive processes, research finds
- Spiders' web secrets unraveled
An artificial material that can sense, adapt to its environment Posted: 02 Nov 2021 03:05 PM PDT Researchers have developed an artificial material which can respond to its environment, independently make a decision, and perform an action not directed by a human being. For example, a drone making a delivery might evaluate its environment including wind direction, speed or wildlife, and automatically change course in order to complete the delivery safely. The material incorporates 3 main functions also displayed by materials found in nature, such as chameleons changing the color of their skin to blend into their surroundings. |
Vast patches of glassy rock in Chilean desert likely created by ancient exploding comet Posted: 02 Nov 2021 03:05 PM PDT Heat from a comet exploding just above the ground fused the sandy soil into patches of glass stretching 75 kilometers, a new study found. |
Posted: 02 Nov 2021 08:10 AM PDT Exposing male crickets to artificial light at night (ALAN) can impair their activity cycles. According to the researchers, nocturnal chirping is the male's way of calling females to come and mate with him, and its disruption can interfere with reproduction processes and even endanger the entire species. |
Spiders' web secrets unraveled Posted: 01 Nov 2021 07:53 AM PDT Researchers discovered precisely how spiders build webs by using night vision and artificial intelligence to track and record every movement of all eight legs as spiders worked in the dark. Their creation of a web-building playbook or algorithm brings new understanding of how creatures with brains a fraction of the size of a human's are able to create structures of such elegance, complexity and geometric precision. |
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