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Towards Beneficial AI: A Biomimicry Framework to Design Intelligence That Cooperates with Biological Entities

Proceedings
This paper proposes biomimicry as a paradigm for helping to overcome both the conceptual and technological limitations of current AI systems. It begins by outlining three key challenges faced by modern AI and then proceeds to introduce the concept of ...
Paweł Polak, Peter Niewiarowski, John Huss, Roman Krzanowski   +3 more
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Biomimicry a “Natural Lesson” in STEAM

, 2017
The introduction of biomimicry as a theme in the classroom has some significant advantages when developing a STEAM curriculum. This growing field has many natural overlaps between the different disciplines within STEAM. There are many fascinating stories
Pauls, Steve, Steve Pauls
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Respiratory Organ‐on‐a‐Chip for Disease Modeling: From Architecture to Functional Integration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, Volume 15, Issue 23, 19 June 2026.
Respiratory organ‐on‐a‐chip (ROC) models capture key mechanical and cellular cues of the human respiratory system, enabling quantitative dissection of disease mechanisms. This review links ROC architectures to disease modeling, functional integration, and commercialization, and proposes a decision framework that aligns model complexity with mechanistic
Jinzhuo Hu, Yongjie Tang, Sidi Liu, Tao Xu, Qian Liu   +4 more
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Microengineered Gradient Hydrogels for Mechanobiology

Advanced Healthcare Materials, Volume 15, Issue 23, 19 June 2026.
Gradient hydrogels are used to mimic the mechanical heterogeneity in native tissues, offering powerful in vitro platforms to study cell‐material interactions in diverse pathophysiological contexts. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the design and experimental considerations for stiffness gradient hydrogels, discussing exemplary achievements ...
Shin Wei Chong, Deepu Ashok, Anna Waterhouse, Marcela M. M. Bilek, Daniele Vigolo   +4 more
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‘QUIRMI’ food composting and growing system, conceptual design.

, 2016
2016: ‘QUIRMI’ food composting and growing system, conceptual design. Created for Biomimicry Global Design Challenge 2016. Collaboration with Scharoun, L., Turner,B., Thomas,T.
TURNER, Bethaney; id_orcid, Montana-Hoyos, Carlos Alberto, SCHAROUN, Lisa, THOMAS, Tim   +3 more
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Freeform Manufacturing of Plant‐Based Structural Colors for Scalable Photonic and Mechanochromic Devices

Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 35, 23 June 2026.
A green, freeform manufacturing approach that utilizes robust aqueous two‐phase systems to create intricate and scalable photonic structures and non‐planar mechanochromic hydrogel actuators from plant‐based hydroxypropyl cellulose. This approach broadens the structural possibilities of sustainable photonic devices and mechanochromic systems, offering ...
Xiao Song, Peiqi Niu, Wenxi Gu, Chun Lam Clement Chan, Jiuhong Yi, Xu Liu, Peng Tan, Chon In Haydn Cheong, Qingwen Guan, Dan Fang, Bingpu Zhou, Zi Liang Wu, Ji Liu, Yan Yan Shery Huang, Iek Man Lei   +14 more
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Improved Accuracy in Determining the Acceleration Due to Gravity in Free Fall Experiments Using Smartphones and Mechanical Switches

Applied Sciences
This study presents an innovative methodology to augment the accuracy of gravitational acceleration (g) measurements in free fall experiments. Employing smartphones and integrating mechanical switches, our approach utilizes a built-in microphone for ...
Supakorn Harnsoongnoen, Saksun Srisai, Pongsathorn Kongkeaw, Tidarat Rakdee   +3 more
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Aligned Fibronectin Microenvironment Temporally Facilitates Profibrotic Fibroblast Activation via Integrin α5β1

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 34, 19 June 2026.
Compared to a healthy random nanofibrous fibronectin microenvironment, a fibrotic aligned nanofibrous fibronectin microenvironment employs a specific integrin, α5β1 integrin, to activate early pro‐fibrotic fibroblast behaviors and later fibrotic fibroblast tissue formation with cell/F‐actin alignment, α‐SMA expression, and cell‐driven aligned ...
Doğuhan Beyatlı, Mika Brown, George‐Radu Romanescu, Seungkuk Ahn   +3 more
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1582-1605, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
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Colorectal Precancerous Lesions: Molecular Mechanisms, Research Tools, and Natural Product‐Based Clinical Translation

MedComm – Oncology, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
This article systematically elucidates the molecular mechanisms of colorectal precancerous lesions, introduces cutting‐edge research tools like multi‐omics and organoids, and highlights the potential and prospects of natural products such as berberine, resveratrol, and curcumin in preventing and intervening in colorectal carcinogenesis by modulating ...
Shunji Liu, Chujuan Cui, Lingdong Kong, Qiang Xu, Haibo Cheng, Lisha Zhou, Yang Sun   +6 more
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