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Bioinspired Soft‐Skeleton Robotics With Cooperative Shape Transformation and Stiffness Adaptation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A bioinspired soft‐skeleton robot that integrates variable‐stiffness chain skeletons into a soft textile skin is developed. The chain skeletons are highly flexible initially but can stiffen upon pneumatic actuation, enabling large deformation and enhanced load‐bearing capacity.
Mengyuan Niu, Xiaorui Hu, Chenmin Yuan, Haoyun Li, Xuzhong Su, Fengxin Sun   +5 more
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Long period fiber gratings in anti-resonant hollow core fiber

Applied Physics Express
Long period gratings, based on anti-resonant hollow core fibers (AR-HCFs), are fabricated using a high-frequency CO _2 laser pulse by carving periodic grooves. This device exhibits both axial strain and bending sensing characteristics.
Ligang Huang, Yanxiang Zhao, Yujia Li, Shunli Liu, Hailin Zhou, Lei Gao, Leilei Shi, Guiyao Zhou, Tao Zhu   +8 more
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Design of a Nested Hollow-Core Anti-Resonant Fiber Sensor for Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Strain

Sensors
A highly sensitive sensor, which can detect the temperature and strain simultaneously, is proposed using a hollow-core anti-resonant fiber with composite nested tubes.
Yueyu Xiao, Jiayao Cheng
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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won, Jaehyun Jang, Hyeonseo Kim, Inyoung Choi, Steve Park, Seongjun Park   +5 more
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A Low‐Cost, Handheld Optical Stiffness Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A novel handheld stiffness sensor is presented for real‐time tissue stiffness characterization. By simultaneously sensing contact force and tissue deformation, the device enables accurate stiffness quantification without requiring precise manual control. This approach offers a promising solution for intraoperative tumor detection and minimally invasive
Qianyu Ma, Ruxiang Jiang, Kaspar Althoefer, Nicolas Herzig, Hareesh Godaba   +4 more
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Perivascular Matrix Densification Dysregulates Angiogenesis and Activates Pro‐Inflammatory Endothelial Cells

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Perivascular matrix densification promotes the emergence of aberrant endothelial tip cells (ATECs) that invade and persist within fibrotic microenvironments. Using in vivo lineage tracing and a human microvessel model, this study shows that fibrous matrix cues destabilize VE‐cadherin–mediated junctions to gate TGF‐β signaling, inducing a pro ...
Jingyi Xia, William Y. Wang, Kyle A. Jacobs, Kairav Maniar, Daphne Lin, Evan H. Jarman, Daniel L. Matera, Kristen Loesel, Christopher D. Davidson, Harrison L. Hiraki, Xiaotian Tan, Eve H. Shikanov, Robert N. Kent, Carole Parent, Xudong Fan, Ariella Shikanov, Matthew L. Kutys, Brendon M. Baker   +17 more
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Perspective: Hollow Core Optical Fibres for Ultraviolet and Visible Wavelengths

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Hollow core optical fibres bypass material constraints that limit optical fibres at ultraviolet and visible wavelengths. However, their challenging fabrication has limited their development, and significant gains in performance remain possible. In this perspective we outline approaches to enable the next generation of fibres for shorter wavelengths ...
Robbie Mears, Kerrianne Harrington, Jonathan C. Knight, William J. Wadsworth, James M. Stone, Tim A. Birks   +5 more
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Experimental Study on Bending Behaviors of Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Hollow-Core Slabs

Buildings
Ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) has the characteristics of high strength, toughness, and excellent crack resistance. In order to fully utilize the high-strength properties of UHPFRC and reduce the structural weight and ...
Liuyiyi Yang, Quan Shen, Miao Lu, Xiaohua Yang   +3 more
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Engineering Approaches to Modify Immunomodulatory Functions of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs): Tissue Regeneration and Clinical Application

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) show promise for treating immune‐related disorders through immunomodulation and tissue regeneration. This review gives a brief overview of current clinical approval of MSC therapies. It also discussed how bioengineering, including genetic modification, biomaterial delivery, extracellular vesicles, and iPSC‐derived MSCs,
Sichen Yang, Kejia Li, Ning Wang, Zhen Li, Zhiyong Zhang, Rocky S. Tuan, Yangzi Jiang   +6 more
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Astrocytic Phenotypic Switching in Posterior Piriform Cortex Orchestrates Bone Cancer Pain–Depression Comorbidity via Purinergic–Noradrenergic Signaling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Bone cancer pain and depression share a common origin: astrocytic A2‐to‐A1 transition in the posterior piriform cortex. This phenotypic shift disrupts the ATP–adenosine–A2AR–norepinephrine axis, simultaneously driving nociceptive and affective dysfunction.
Jiang‐Ping Liu, Jun‐Han Zhang, Zhi‐Xuan Tan, Wei‐Bing Yan, Ya‐Ru Yuan, Yao Liu, Bing‐Di Wei, Meng‐Qi Ding, Zhuo‐Min Fu, Ying Liu, An‐Qi Wang, Lin Ma, Yong‐Hong Li, Er‐Qing Chai, Chao‐Jun Wei   +14 more
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