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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2026.
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

Biting midge dynamics and bluetongue transmission: a multiscale model linking catch data with climate and disease outbreaks

Scientific Reports, 2021
Bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 8 has been circulating in Europe since a major outbreak occurred in 2006, causing economic losses to livestock farms. The unpredictability of the biting activity of midges that transmit BTV implies difficulty in computing ...
Tim W. R. Möhlmann, Matt J. Keeling, Uno Wennergren, Guido Favia, Inge Santman-Berends, Willem Takken, Constantianus J. M. Koenraadt, Samuel P. C. Brand   +7 more
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Divergent Thermal Reaction Norms of the Spontaneous Mutation Rate Among Populations of Chironomus riparius

Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 15, August 2026.
ABSTRACT The germline mutation rate μ is a fundamental evolutionary parameter, yet its plasticity in response to environmental factors, particularly temperature, remains poorly understood. While often modelled as a species‐specific constant, we tested whether μ evolves in response to local thermal regimes.
Markus Pfenninger, Maria Esther Nieto‐Blazquez, Burak Bulut   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐term reduction of invasive killer shrimp (Dikerogammarus villosus) density following removal of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) shells and coarse substrate on UK lake beds

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 3, July–September 2026.
Working with Citizen Scientists, researchers tested manual removal of coarse cobbles and zebra mussel shells from fine‐sediment lake beds to reduce invasive killer shrimp densities. Killer shrimp use these features for habitat, and after clearing them from 3 × 3 m sections of lakebed, killer shrimp densities were reduced by over 90% in these sections ...
Daniel N. Mills, Chloe Hallett, Catherine H. Sanders, Eilish Rothney   +3 more
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The Fate of Orally Ingested Microplastics During Cooperative Brood Care in Two Social Hymenoptera Species

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.
Microplastics (MP) pose a growing health risk to social Hymenoptera, with colony‐level risks depending on brood care strategies. During cooperative brood care, in the buff‐tailed bumblebee, MP is transferred from workers to larvae, but in the Japanese carpenter ant, the infrabuccal pocket prevents such transfer.
Gwen Kühn, Max V. R. Döring, Jona von Wedel, Sven Ritschar, Annalena Ter‐Heide, Valerie Dittmann, Lotta Steinbrenner, Christian Laforsch, Heike Feldhaar   +8 more
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Look up! Stratification and vertical approach to auditory prey cues in frog-biting midges (Corethrellidae)

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Frog-biting midges (Corethrellidae) are tropical, blood-sucking micro-predators of frogs that locate their prey by eavesdropping on anuran mating calls.
Thomas Eltz, Thomas Eltz, Hannah Luisa Kimm, Roger Böddicker, Maximilian Sigl, Rudolf Meier, Rudolf Meier, Jonas Virgo   +7 more
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Environmental Drivers on Blue Tit Nest Microbiome: An Experimental Study

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.
Elevated humidity and temperature altered nest microbial composition and its associations with parasitism and nestling condition. These findings identify nest microclimate as an important driver of nest microbiomes with consequences for avian development.
Marina García‐del Río, Tamara Martin‐Pozas, Sergio Sanchez‐Moral, Alejandro Cantarero, Francisco Castaño‐Vázquez, Yago Merino, Javier García‐Velasco, Santiago Merino   +7 more
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Haemosporidian infections limit physiological adaptation to elevation in birds: evidence from haemoglobin and fat reserves

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2026, Issue 4, July 2026.
Haemosporidian parasites are widely recognised as important drivers of avian physiology, with potential effects on oxygen transport and energy balance. These parasites infect red blood cells and consume host haemoglobin, reducing oxygen‐carrying capacity.
Zamekile D. Bhembe, Sara Padidar, Kat Bebbington, Sjouke A. Kingma, Machawe I. Maphalala, Ara Monadjem   +5 more
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Vectors of vector-borne viral diseases of animals

Аграрная наука Евро-Северо-Востока, 2018
The article reviews the data of Russian and foreign literature sources concerning the spread of vector-born animal infectious diseases such as lumpy skin disease (LSD), Rift Valley fever (RVF), bluetongue.
O. A. Burova, A. A. Blokhin, O. I. Zakharova, E. A. Liskova, I. V. Yashin, N. A. Gladkova   +5 more
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The salivary secretome of the biting midge,Culicoides sonorensis

PeerJ, 2014
Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are hematophagous insects with over 1400 species distributed throughout the world. Many of these species are of particular agricultural importance as primary vectors of bluetongue and Schmallenberg viruses, yet little is known about Culicoides genomics and proteomics.
Lehiy, Christopher J., Drolet, Barbara S.   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources