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Digestive Enzyme Activity and Temperature: Evolutionary Constraint or Physiological Flexibility? [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Sagonas K, Paraskevopoulou F, Kotsakiozi P, Sozopoulos I, Pafilis P, Valakos ED.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang, Liao Wu, Shuai He, Zhao Sha, Yuwan Huang, Shuying Wu, Dewei Chu, Chun H. Wang, Shuhua Peng   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in Safe, Flexible, and Stretchable Batteries for Wearable Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Unlike previous reviews centered on component‐based deformability, this work highlights safety‐driven design strategies for flexible and stretchable batteries. By integrating material‐level engineering, geometry‐controlled structures, biocompatibility, and self‐protection mechanisms, it establishes a unified framework that connects mechanical ...
Hyewon Kang, Garan Byun, Seunghyeb Ban, Yunuo Huang, Woon‐Hong Yeo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding and Circumventing Failure Mechanisms in Chalcogenide Optical Phase Change Material Ge2Sb2Se4Te

Advanced Optical Materials, Volume 13, Issue 8, March 13, 2025.
Chalcogenide optical PCMs have gathered interest for their potential in compact, non‐volatile optics and photonics. Free‐space PCM metasurfaces require new considerations from phase change memory that need to be addressed for reliable scale‐up. Several failure mechanisms pertaining to free‐space PCM devices and layout methods are isolated to prevent ...
Cosmin Constantin Popescu, Kiumars Aryana, Brian Mills, Tae Woo Lee, Louis Martin‐Monier, Luigi Ranno, Jia Xu Brian Sia, Khoi Phuong Dao, Hyung‐Bin Bae, Vladimir Liberman, Steven A. Vitale, Myungkoo Kang, Kathleen A. Richardson, Carlos A. Ríos Ocampo, Dennis Calahan, Yifei Zhang, William M. Humphreys, Hyun Jung Kim, Tian Gu, Juejun Hu   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

A Global Compendium of Nature-based Solutions in Small-Medium Islands. [PDF]

Sci Data
Mansoldo MDC, Serra E, Igondová E, Moustakas A, Hüseyin Dönmez A, Tsatsou A, Kumuk B, Zoumides C, Tzirkalli E, Keleş Özgenç E, Wolff E, Sica F, Paul F, Zittis G, Fenu G, Liu HY, Kokkoris IP, Vogiatzakis IN, Christoforidi I, Filippi JJ, Boucoyannis KS, Ligorini V, Stamatiou M, Antic M, Kumuk O, Kleitou P, Manolaki P, Davids P, Pineda-Martos R, Zotos S, Ždero S, Zemah-Shamir S, Trenkova T, Mandelberg YS, Zemah-Shamir Z, Srđević Z, Balzan MV.   +36 more
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Top‐Down Fabricated Wood‐Derived Pressure and Strain Sensors: A Review

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on wood‐derived pressure/strain sensors fabricated via top‐down strategies. It analyzes wood's structural composition, examines processing techniques, discusses sensor types and sensing mechanisms, and reviews existing research. The article concludes with future directions for enhancing performance and scalability.
Yi Ren, Fuyao Liu, Yanan Zhong, Shengbo Ge, Zhipeng Shi, Siling Lin, Hongli Song, Yingying Zhang, Wei Fan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Risk Factors of Vector-Borne Diseases in Pacific Island Countries and Territories: A Scoping Review. [PDF]

Trop Med Infect Dis
Nuñez Murillo T, Cadavid Restrepo A, Mayfield HJ, Lau CL, Sartorius B, Kiani B.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Wearable and Implantable Devices for Continuous Monitoring of Muscle Physiological Activity: A Review

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Recent advances in materials and device engineering enable continuous, real‐time monitoring of muscle activity via wearable and implantable systems. This review critically summarizes emerging technologies for tracking electrophysiological, biomechanical, and oxygenation signals, outlines fundamental principles, and highlights key challenges and ...
Zhengwei Liao, Ata Golparvar, Mohammad Javad Bathaei, Filipe Arroyo Cardoso, Clementine M. Boutry   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source