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Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao, Yiming Ma, Baihao Shao, Molly M. Stevens   +3 more
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The characteristics and corrections of ventral support interferences in the transonic-speed wind tunnel for the blended-wing-body aircraft

Advances in Aerodynamics
For the problem of ventral support interference in a transonic-speed wind tunnel with the blended-wing-body aircraft NPU-BWB-300 installed, the numerical simulation method based on Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations is used to study the ...
Aoxiang Qiu, Weimin Sang, Shuya Du, Bo An, Dong Li, Binqian Zhang   +5 more
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Mission-Driven Inverse Design of Blended Wing Body Aircraft with Machine Learning

Aerospace
The intent of this work was to investigate the feasibility of developing machine learning models for calculating values of airplane configuration design variables when provided time-series, mission-informed performance data.
Rohan S. Sharma, Serhat Hosder
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Albatross and Falcon inspired Bionic UAV: An Aerodynamic Analysis

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 2021
The drone industry yearns for enhanced aerodynamic performance. In order to achieve this feat, researchers and engineers are trying to mimic the natural flyers due to their aerodynamic optimality.
Bilji C Mathew, Sagar K Sahu, Prantik Dutta, Rushi Savale, Muruga Lal Jeyan JV   +4 more
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Microbial Odorant Detection Guides Drosophila Parasitoids Seeking Hosts in Fermenting Fruits

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Yeast microbes in fermenting fruits attract both host flies and their parasitoid wasps. Female Leptopilina boulardi detect yeast‐emitted ethyl esters via two olfactory receptors, LbouOR167 and LbouOR136. A conserved residue, Leu159, is critical for binding these compounds, enabling female wasps to locate host‐rich habitats.
Yueqi Lu, Lan Pang, Wenqi Shi, Ting Feng, Zhi Dong, Yifeng Sheng, Sicong Zhou, Longtao Yu, Hao Guo, Ying Wang, Jiani Chen, Jianhua Huang   +11 more
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Assessing the climate impact of the AHEAD multi-fuel blended wing body

Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 2017
Air traffic is important to our society and guarantees mobility especially for long distances. Air traffic is also contributing to climate warming via emissions of CO2 and various non-CO2 effects, such as contrail-cirrus or increase in ozone ...
Volker Grewe, Lisa Bock, Ulrike Burkhardt, Katrin Dahlmann, Klaus Gierens, Ludwig Hüttenhofer, Simon Unterstrasser, Arvind Gangoli Rao, Abhishek Bhat, Feijia Yin, Thoralf G. Reichel, Oliver Paschereit, Yeshayahou Levy   +12 more
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A Multimodal Magnetically Driven Soft Robot With Integrated Actuation‐Sensing Based on Photothermal Reprogramming Technology

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work reports a thermally safe, photothermally reprogrammable magnetic soft robot with its reprogramming temperature tuned to ∼39.5°C for biocompatibility. It achieves multimodal locomotion (max speed of 1.8 BL/s) and integrates liquid‐metal capacitive sensing to monitor self‐motion and detect environmental changes in simulated gastric environments,
Liu Yang, Yuliao Dong, Kangning Li, Cheng Jing, Ben Wang, Lin Xu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surrogate Model Development for Optimized Blended-Wing-Body Aerodynamics

Journal of Aircraft, 2023
In the conceptual design phase of conventional-configuration aircraft, calibrated low-fidelity methods provide sufficiently accurate estimates of aerodynamic coefficients. It has been observed, however, that for blended-wing–body aircraft, important flow effects are not captured adequately with low-fidelity aerodynamic tools.
Aubeelack, Hema, Segonds, Stéphane, Bes, Christian, Druot, Thierry, Brezillon, Joël, Bérard, Adrien, Duffau, Marylène, Gallant, Guillaume   +7 more
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Smart Bioinspired Material‐Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This work gathers, in a review style, an extensive and comprehensive literature overview on the development of autonomous actuators based on synthetic materials, bringing together valuable knowledge from several studies. Furthermore, the article identifies the fundamental principles of actuation mechanisms and defines key parameters to address the size
Alejandro Palacios, Léon Chiriatti, Simon Poppinga, Thomas Speck, Vincent Le Houérou   +4 more
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Revisiting paravertebral muscles in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) (Leporidae; Lagomorpha)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Domesticated European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) have long been chosen as laboratory model organisms. Despite this, there has been no definitive study of the vertebral musculature of wild rabbits. Relevant descriptions of well‐studied veterinary model mammals (such as dogs) are generally applicable, but not appropriate for a species ...
Nuttakorn Taewcharoen, Emma Sherratt, Philip Stott, Rachel Norris   +3 more
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