PTEN deficiency in postnatally developing Purkinje cells disrupts metabolic signaling, leading to dendritic abnormalities and sex-specific behavioral deficits. [PDF]
Walsh LJ+10 more
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Soft Robots for Crawling and Jumping via Deformation
Yuuta Sugiyama, Shinichi Hirai
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Decreasing the Cost of Morphing in Adaptive Morphogenetic Robots
Shape‐morphing propulsive limbs enhance locomotion across land‐to‐water transitions, but prior designs rely on thermally responsive components, coupling performance to environmental temperature. This study introduces a pressure‐responsive mechanism that reduces morphing energy costs, enables rapid transitions, and minimizes failure modes.
Luis A. Ramirez+3 more
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Competition between elasticity and adhesion in caterpillar locomotion. [PDF]
Argenziano M+4 more
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A Synthesized Neural Control System for Bioinspired Robots to Achieve Diverse Locomotion
A novel hexapod robot named RENS H2 based on the synthesized neural control system. The control system is constructed based on the central pattern generator and virtual motoneurons network, serving as the foundation of the behavioral network. It encompasses omnidirectional movement, regulation of motor neuron intensity, sensorimotor integration, local ...
Chunchao Liu, Yaguang Zhu, Zhigang Han
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Lack of junctional adhesion molecule (JAM)-B traps CD8 T cells in CNS border zones and ameliorates autoimmune neuroinflammation. [PDF]
Pareja J+15 more
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This review explores invertebrate biohybrid robots that integrate living organisms—such as insects, jellyfish, spiders, and sea slugs—into robotic systems for locomotion, sensing, and actuation. The advantages in efficiency and cost, discuss control, and power challenges are highlighted, and future considerations to guide the development of sustainable,
Charles J. Fraga+2 more
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Robot metabolism: Toward machines that can grow by consuming other machines. [PDF]
Wyder PM+19 more
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Hygromorphic materials, such as pinecone scales, respond to humidity changes. This study presents poligromorphic composites—composed of carbon fibers (CFs), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and maleic anhydride ethylene‐propylene (MA‐EPR)—that react to water, humidity, and hydrocarbons.
Liia Buhhanevits+4 more
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Apparent reduction in heart rate during oviposition revealed by non-invasive heart rate monitoring of gravid loggerhead turtles. [PDF]
Narazaki T+8 more
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