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Bio‐Inspired Bidirectional Winding Origami With Programmable Modular Reconfigurability and Scalability

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A bio‐inspired bidirectional‐winding origami platform enables scalable and programmable deployable structures. Double axial folding inspired by earwig hindwings and Flasher‐based hybridization create modular multilayer architectures with diverse attainable winding angles under fixed boundary conditions.
Wenyao Zhang, Chunlong Wang, Mingli Liu, Chuang Shi, Hongwei Guo, Rongqiang Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trimerous magnoliid flowers with a unique set of floral and pollen traits from the Late Cretaceous of Southern Bohemia (Czech Republic). [PDF]

New Phytol
Wu X, von Balthazar M, Grímsson F, Ulrich S, López-Martínez AM, Heřmanová Z, Kvaček J, Schönenberger J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Folding Mechanics to Robotic Function: A Unified Modeling Framework for Compliant Origami

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A geometry‐consistent DDG framework captures compliant origami deformation from rigid‐like folding to soft panel bending. By tuning crease and panel stiffness, bistable snap‐through responses transform into smooth monostable deformation, enabling programmable stability and robot‐scale locomotion.
Bohan Zhang, Bo Wang, Huajiang Ouyang, Zhigang Wu, Haohao Bi, Jiawei Xu, Mingchao Liu, Weicheng Huang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Chinese Buddhist Sculptures as Animate Bodies and Living Presences [PDF]

Ars Orientalis, 2016
openaire   +1 more source

A new freshwater snail genus of Squamapicidae (Gastropoda, Truncatelloidea) with a novel posterior respiratory canal unveils an unexpected morphological innovation. [PDF]

Zookeys
Zheng H, Xing YH, Zhang LJ, Li Q, Chen ZG, Xiang HQ, Ouyang S, Huang XC, Wu XP.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Stochastic Entanglement of Deterministic Origami Tentacles For Robust Robotic Grasping

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study introduces an origami tentacle gripper to robustly grasp objects‐in air, underwater, and even in orbital space‐by exploiting a synergy between local, deterministic deformation programming and global, stochastic entanglements. A single origami tentacle can be designed to coil with a simple tendon pull.
Alec Boron, Bokun Zheng, Ziyang Zhou, Noel Naughton, Suyi Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two New Species of the Genus <i>Philanthaxia</i> Deyrolle, 1864, from Hainan Province, China (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Thomassetiini). [PDF]

Insects
Ni T, Qi Z, Peng X, Song H, Wang R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Photo‐Gated Corona Microfluidics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Photo‐gated corona microfluidics decouples optical programming from electric‐field actuation to enable reconfigurable manipulation on open, electrode‐pattern‐free surfaces. Near‐infrared irradiation locally melts paraffin, creating a reversible charge‐relaxation pathway that reconstructs the electric field.
Xiaxia Cui, Yiqing Liu, Xinyi Qiu, Manfei Liu, Biao Cheng, Yuan Zhou, Changguo Xue, Sheng Zhang, Xin Tang, Qiang Tang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magnetic sculpture-like tumor cell vaccines enable targeted <i>in situ</i> immune activation and potent antitumor effects. [PDF]

Theranostics
Zhang H, Li QQ, Shi Y, Zhang L, Wang KW, Wu T, Cheng SB, Zhang ZR, Qin LN, Zhao YL, Zhen XT, Ren HR, Du LY, Liu HJ, Sun T.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Thermal Control of Concentric Topographies Patterned by Dynamic Electro‐Templated Generated Chiral Solitonic Structures

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An electro‐templating strategy directs the relaxation of cholesteric finger loops into discrete concentric rings whose geometry is electrically programmed. The photopolymerized structures retain the topological defect pattern and, upon heating, show reversible, castle‐like surface modulation.
Jacques A. Peixoto, Hanqing Zhao, Dirk J. Broer, Ivan I. Smalyukh, Danqing Liu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source