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Physical Intelligence in Small‐Scale Robots and Machines

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
“Physical intelligence” (PI) empowers biological organisms and artificial machines, especially at the small scales, to perceive, adapt, and even reshape their complex, dynamic, and unstructured operation environments. This review summarizes recent milestones and future directions of PI in small‐scale robots and machines.
Huyue Chen, Metin Sitti
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Landscape context mediates the relationship between plant functional traits and decomposition [PDF]

, 2019
Aims: It has been well demonstrated that several interacting endogenous and exogenous factors influence decomposition. However, teasing apart the direct and indirect effects of these factors to predict decomposition patterns in heterogenous landscapes ...
Harline, K, Mangan, SA, Myers, JA, Spasojevic, MJ, Stein, C   +4 more
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Roadmap to Precision 3D Printing of Cellulose: Rheology‐Guided Formulation, Fidelity Assessment, and Application Horizons

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This critical review presents a comprehensive roadmap for the precision 3D printing of cellulose. Quantitative correlations link ink formulation and rheological properties to print fidelity and final material performance. This framework guides the development of advanced functional materials, from biomedical scaffolds to electromagnetic shielding ...
Majed Amini, Hadi Hosseini, Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Mohammad Arjmand   +3 more
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Effects of grazing on leaf traits and ecosystem functioning in Inner Mongolia grasslands: scaling from species to community [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2010
Understanding the mechanistic links between environmental drivers, human disturbance, plant functional traits, and ecosystem properties is a fundamental aspect of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research.
S. X. Zheng, H. Y. Ren, Z. C. Lan, W. H. Li, K. B. Wang, Y. F. Bai   +5 more
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Shoot growth of woody trees and shrubs is predicted by maximum plant height and associated traits

, 2017
1. The rate of elongation and thickening of individual branches (shoots) varies across plant species. This variation is important for the outcome of competition and other plant-plant interactions.
Alicia M. Cook (4377190), Andrea E. A. Stephens (6211565), Andrea E.A. Stephens (4377184), Chris J. Blackman (3266928), Claire A. Laws (4377193), Don W. Butler (2924163), Julia Cooke (645394), Julieta A. Rosell (2924835), Mark Westoby (728960), Sean M. Gleason (2924160), Stephanie A. Stuart (4377178), Wade C. Tozer (4377187), Yvonne Chang (4377181)   +12 more
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High functional diversity is related to high nitrogen availability in a deciduous forest - evidence from a functional trait approach [PDF]

, 2010
The current study tested the assumption that floristic and functional diversity patterns are negatively related to soil nitrogen content. We analyzed 20 plots with soil N-contents ranging from 0.63% to 1.06% in a deciduous forest near Munich (Germany ...
Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Fischer, Anton, Kudernatsch, Thomas, Patta Pillar, Valério de, Römermann, Christine   +4 more
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Soybean Auxin Transporter PIN3 Regulates Nitrate Acquisition to Improve Nitrogen Use and Seed Traits

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Xu et al. discovers that switching off auxin transporters in soybean, PIN3a and PIN3b, disrupts auxin flow; this triggers ARF‐STF3/4 signal cascade to activate the nitrate importer NPF2.13 and soil nitrogen acquisition. Multi‐year field trials show edited soybeans maintain yield with higher oil content, offering a potential genetic route to improve ...
Huifang Xu, Shiyu Huang, Jie Wang, Tian Wang, Qingqing Han, Kexin Wu, Zhen Gao, Xiaolei Shi, Tianli Tu, Ming Wang, Laimei Huang, Jiaomei Chen, Yunqi Liu, Yumei Zhang, Guoqiang Lin, Zhichang Chen, Xu Chen   +16 more
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C:N:P stoichiometry and leaf traits of halophytes in an arid saline environment, northwest China.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Salinization is an important and increasingly prevalent issue which has broad and profound effects on plant survival and distribution pattern. To understand the patterns and potential drivers of leaf traits in saline environments, we determined the soil ...
Lilong Wang, Guanxiang Zhao, Meng Li, Mingting Zhang, Lifang Zhang, Xinfang Zhang, Lizhe An, Shijian Xu   +7 more
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Linking Aboveground Traits to Root Traits and Local Environment: Implications of the Plant Economics Spectrum. [PDF]

, 2019
The plant economics spectrum proposes that ecological traits are functionally coordinated and adapt along environmental gradients. However, empirical evidence is mixed about whether aboveground and root traits are consistently linked and which ...
Fang, Miao, Gilbert, Gregory S, Li, Wenbin, Lu, Huanping, Shen, Yong, Yu, Shixiao   +5 more
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Coordination of Foliar and Wood Anatomical Traits Contributes to Tropical Tree Distributions and Productivity along the Malay-Thai Peninsula [PDF]

, 2009
Drought is a critical factor in plant species distributions. Much research points to its relevance even in moist tropical regions. Recent studies have begun to elucidate mechanisms underlying the distributions of tropical tree species with respect to ...
Baltzer, Jennifer L., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Davies, Stuart J., Grégoire, Dorothea M., Noor, N. Supardi M.   +4 more
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