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Research on Deployable Wings for MAVs Bioinspired by the Hind Wings of the Beetle Protaetia brevitarsis

Biomimetics
Deployable hind wings of beetles led to a bio-inspired idea to design deployable micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) to meet the requirement of miniaturization.
Jiyu Sun, Wenzhe Wang, Pengpeng Li, Zhijun Zhang   +3 more
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Pectin Digestion in Herbivorous Beetles: Impact of Pseudoenzymes Exceeds That of Their Active Counterparts

Frontiers in Physiology, 2019
Many protein families harbor pseudoenzymes that have lost the catalytic function of their enzymatically active counterparts. Assigning alternative function and importance to these proteins is challenging.
Roy Kirsch, Grit Kunert, Heiko Vogel, Yannick Pauchet   +3 more
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Modified MXene Aerogel With Broadband Microwave Absorption Inspired by Melanophila Acuminata Beetle

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work introduces a novel biomimetic strategy inspired by the infrared‐sensing sensilla of the Melanophila acuminata beetle. We have designed a multi‐level aerogel, featuring a three‐dimensional carbon framework decorated with synergistic CeO2 nanoparticles and Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets.
Zhiwei Liu, Dingyu Xu, Zhaobo Liu, Haitian Song, Qianqian Zhang, Junxiao Zhou, Xiewen Wen   +6 more
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Variations in trophic niches of generalist predators with plant community composition as indicated by stable isotopes and fatty acids

Soil Organisms, 2019
Arthropods are a dominant component of biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems. They are considered pest control agents and drive important ecosystem processes like nutrient cycling.
Odette González Macé, Anne Ebeling, Nico Eisenhauer, Simone Cesarz, Stefan Scheu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Somatic Evolution of a Germline Antibody Expands its Breadth to Neutralize Early SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron Variants

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Engineering of the 148‐germline (148‐GL) antibody reveals a roadmap for overcoming SARS‐CoV‐2 viral escape. By introducing four specific somatic hypermutations, the resulting 148‐M4 variant restores potent neutralization against Omicron BA.1 and BA.4/5.
Huibin Lv, Ziqi Feng, Qi Wen Teo, Chunke Chen, Akshita B. Gopal, Danbi Choi, Timothy J. C. Tan, Yun Sang Tang, Lewis Siu, Armita Nourmohammad, Roberto Bruzzone, Ian A. Wilson, Meng Yuan, Nicholas C. Wu, Chris K. P. Mok   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

First Data on the Investigation of Gut Yeasts in Hermit Beetle (Osmoderma barnabita Motschulsky, 1845) Larvae in Lithuania

Journal of Fungi
In this study, yeasts from the gut of O. barnabita larvae were isolated and molecularly identified. It is worth noting that this research provides the first analysis of the gut yeast community in O.
Jurgita Švedienė, Vita Raudonienė, Goda Mizerienė, Jolanta Rimšaitė, Sigitas Algis Davenis, Povilas Ivinskis   +5 more
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Bistable Networks Enable Complex Shape Changes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Transition‐controlled metamaterials are networks of bistable mechanical memory that store local binary states and express them as global shape change. By decoupling low‐force programming from high‐force holding, a single lattice is reconfigured into distinct 2D profiles and 3D surfaces without continuous actuation, enabling reusable morphing materials ...
Sawyer Thomas, Jeffrey Lipton
wiley   +1 more source

African dung beetle Onthophagus gazella Fabricius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) esterase isozymes

Brazilian Journal of Biology
African beetles Onthophagus gazella from both sexes were analyzed by electrophoresis for an investigation of esterase isozymes using alpha-naphthyl propionate and methylumbelliferyl propionate as substrates. Only one of the esterases (Est.
E. MARTINS, E. P. B. CONTEL
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Majority‐Voting Overlapping Method for Error Correction in DNA Data Storage

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
We propose an overlapping‐based majority‐voting method for DNA data storage error correction. By aligning multiple reads and choosing the most frequent base per position, it suppresses substitution errors without prior models. Validated on synthetic and real sequencing data, it achieves high‐fidelity, scalable, and cost‐effective reconstruction ...
Thi Bich Ngoc Nguyen, Seongjun Seo, Anshula Tandon, Nguyen Kim Uyen, Thi Hong Nhung Vu, Sung Ha Park   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beetles (Coleoptera)

, 2014
The Coleoptera order (beetles) comprises the most species-rich group among the insect class, corresponding to approximately 40% of this class and 30% of all animals, encompassing more than 350,000 described species distributed worldwide (Lawrence 1982; Lawrence and Britton 1994; Arnett and Thomas 2001; Arnett et al. 2002).
openaire   +3 more sources