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Avian response to green roofs in urban landscapes in the Midwestern USA

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2015
Green roofs present an opportunity to provide large areas of vegetation that could serve as bird habitat in urban areas. Point‐count surveys at 12 green‐roof study locations in the midwestern United States were conducted during the bird breeding season ...
Carly J. Eakin, Henry Campa III, Daniel W. Linden, Gary J. Roloff, D. Bradley Rowe, Joanne Westphal   +5 more
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Ultra‐White Elastomeric Coatings for Daytime Radiative Cooling

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Passive daytime radiative cooling meets elasticity in a new class of ultra‐white silicone coatings. Combining high solar reflectance with strong sky‐window emission, they hold surfaces below ambient temperature under full sunlight while remaining flexible and stretchable. This combination of cooling performance and mechanical flexibility enables energy‐
Abdulrahman Aljwirah, Xiaojie Liu, Khalid Alhammadi, Orlando G. Rivera Gonzalez, Won‐June Lee, Xiulin Ruan   +5 more
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UCST‐Driven Shape Morphing in Digital Light Processing 4D‐Printed Hydrogels

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A DLP‐printable UCST hydrogel based on poly(acrylic acid‐co‐acrylamide) enables reversible thermally induced expansion and 4D shape morphing. Rational control of composition, porosity, and multimaterial architecture enables predictable 4D shape morphing through differential swelling and localized actuation, opening new opportunities for high‐resolution
Fato Niang, Vincent Lapinte, Sebastien Blanquer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compliant Pneumatic Feet with Real‐Time Stiffness Adaptation for Humanoid Locomotion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A compliant pneumatic foot with real‐time variable stiffness enables humanoid robots to adapt to changing terrains. Using onboard vision and pressure control, the foot modulates stiffness within each gait cycle, reducing impact forces and improving balance. The design, cast in soft silicone with embedded air chambers and Kevlar wrapping, offers durable,
Irene Frizza, Hiroshi Kaminaga, Philippe Fraisse, Gentiane Venture   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microclimate effects and outdoor thermal comfort of green roof types in hot and dry climates: Modelling in the historic city of Yazd, Iran.

PLoS ONE
In hot and arid climates, developing green roofs to improve the microclimate and thermal comfort faces challenges due to water scarcity and harsh climate conditions.
Zahra Karimian, Sara Mahdizadeh
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Urban Resilience through Green Roofing: A Literature Review on Dual Environmental Benefits [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Urban areas face significant environmental challenges, notably rainwater management and the urban heat island effect. As sustainable ecological infrastructures, Green roofs provide dual benefits in addressing these issues.
Zhang Xingyu, Soe Aung Naing, Dong Sihui, Chen Minghao, Wu Mengzhen, Htwe Thet   +5 more
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Energy consumption and heat island effect mitigation analysis of different roofs considering superposition coupling

Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023
Building energy, particularly air conditioning energy, makes for a significant fraction of overall societal energy usage. The heat island effect is a common urban environmental concern that threatens human sustainable development. Roofs, which cover more
Shanguo Zhao, Shanguo Zhao, Xiaosong Zhang   +2 more
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Friend, Not Foe: Lowered Tissue Reactivity to Long‐Term Polyimide Implants

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The choice of optimal neural probe designs remains a major challenge in the field of neurotechnology. This study investigated the biocompatibility of several probe variations, including material, thickness, width, and implantation strategy. It highlights the clear advantage of soft polyimide probes over stiff silicon probes for better device ...
Corinne Orlemann, Laura M. De Santis, Paul Neering, Christian Boehler, Kirti Sharma, Arno Aarts, Tobias Holzhammer, Rik J. J. van Daal, Patrick Ruther, Maria Asplund, Roxana N. Kooijmans, Pieter R. Roelfsema   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bio‐Inspired Bidirectional Winding Origami With Programmable Modular Reconfigurability and Scalability

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A bio‐inspired bidirectional‐winding origami platform enables scalable and programmable deployable structures. Double axial folding inspired by earwig hindwings and Flasher‐based hybridization create modular multilayer architectures with diverse attainable winding angles under fixed boundary conditions.
Wenyao Zhang, Chunlong Wang, Mingli Liu, Chuang Shi, Hongwei Guo, Rongqiang Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Australian green roofs attract bees with similar functional traits, but species-specific responses to local attributes differ significantly

Basic and Applied Ecology
Bees are important pollinators but are globally in decline due to the effects of climate and land use change, for example loss of habitat and urban heat island associated with urbanisation.
J. Schiller, J. Brown, A.K. Hahs, N.S.G. Williams, C.G. Threlfall   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source