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Topography‐Regulated Screening Platform for Myoblast Contact Guidance

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This study develops a topography‐regulated screening platform (12 gradients in 96‐topography‐well plate) enabling analysis of skeletal muscle morphogenesis. The topography‐induced cell morphology changed, cell polarization, and myotube differentiation, establishing an evaluative framework for generating pathologically relevant myotube phenotypes to ...
Tianqi Feng, Torben A.B. van der Boon, Savannah Amy Haupt, Adam Jones, Yanjing Ji, Theo G. Van Kooten, Patrick van Rijn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bamboo Medical Application: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents a structured classification of bamboo's current use in healthcare. It organizes applications into medical textiles and medical devices, with further divisions based on function and level of invasiveness. It also examines material utilization based on bamboo's structural role, highlighting how it supports both protective and ...
Haymanot Beza Lamesgin, Koosje van der Stoel, Vera Popovich, Paul Breedveld   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caution of intensified spread of antibiotic resistance genes by inadvertent introduction of beneficial bacteria into soil

, 2017
The use of beneficial bacteria isolated especially from rhizosphere soils called plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) has been attracting particular interests.
Jian Hu, Min Shen, Yijun Kang, Qingxin Zhao, Kaixia Ye, Dan Xia   +5 more
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Modulus‐Switchable Miniature Robots for Biomedical Applications: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Materials, robot designs, proof‐of‐concept functions, and biomedical applications of modulus‐switchable miniature robots. Miniature soft robots have shown great potential in biomedical applications due to their excellent controllability and suitable mechanical properties in biological environments.
Chunyun Wei, Yibin Wang, Jiangfan Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Model for an ecological advantage of a stable association between Drosophila melanogaster and beneficial gut bacteria.

, 2018
(A) In the absence of stable gut bacteria, the fitness of D. melanogaster is dependent on the presence of more (red) or less (blue) beneficial bacteria in the food substrate.
Marta Sporniak (5484464), Inês S. Pais (5484470), Luis Teixeira (274517), Rita S. Valente (5484467)   +3 more
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Information Transmission Strategies for Self‐Organized Robotic Aggregation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
In this review, we discuss how information transmission influences the neighbor‐based self‐organized aggregation of swarm robots. We focus specifically on local interactions regarding information transfer and categorize previous studies based on the functions of the information exchanged.
Shu Leng, Zihan Li, Yifeng Shao, Jinhao Liu, Li Yu, Shuguang Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Bacillus subtilisas plant beneficial bacteria on growth performance of pegaga (Centella asiatica) [PDF]

, 2017
A study was conducted to investigate the effect of plant beneficial bacteria (Bacillus subtilis) with combinations of NPK green fertilizers on the growth of pegaga (Centella asiatica).
A., Norhanani, J., Noraini, M., Khairun Naim, H., Mardhati Hazirah   +3 more
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Multimodal Actuation and Environment Adaptive Strategies of Bio‐Inspired Micro/Nanorobots in Precision Medicine

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
An introduction for multidrive and environment‐adaptive micro/nanorobotics: design and fabrication strategies, intelligent actuation, and their applications. Various intelligent actuation approaches—magnetic, acoustic, optical, chemical, and biological—can be synergistically designed to enhance flexibility and adaptive behavior for precision medicine ...
Aiqing Ma, Han Gong, Jiacheng Ouyang, Liqi Chen, Tianfang Kang, Yiran He, Guojun Huang, Sidi Zheng, Ting Yin, Hong Pan, Lintao Cai   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing nutrient uptake and grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) growth through soil application of beneficial bacteria (Bacillus spp.)

Frontiers in Horticulture
The term plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) refers to a root-associated bacteria that possesses several benefits for soil and the plant. The increasing demand for sustainable food production necessitates a shift towards agricultural practices ...
Laura Cano-Castro, Jinyun Li, Nian Wang, Sarah L. Strauss, Arnold W. Schumann   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source