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Humidity‐driven shape morphing enhances fog harvesting in porous cactus spines

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Spine straightening and water collection during fog exposure in Turbinicarpus alonsoi. Summary Cacti develop spines instead of conventional leaves, which often serve as mechanical defence against herbivores. However, some cactus species grow porous and flexible spines, suggesting fundamentally different functions.
Jessica C. Huss, Finn Box, Qun Zhang, Martin A. Grömmer, Sebastian J. Antreich, Tofayel Ahammad Ovee, Jean‐François Louf, Jürg Schönenberger, David G. Williams, Notburga Gierlinger, Mingchao Liu, Kevin R. Hultine   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Field‐based evaluation of glass cullet as a supplementary sediment source for coastal restoration

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
There is an ever‐increasing demand for sand to support projects like beach nourishment and dune restoration, but dredging and mining sand causes environmental damage. Demonstrating the environmental and ecological compatibility of crushed and ground glass known as cullet to support coastal restoration projects could simultaneously divert waste from ...
Lily S. Pfeifer, Charles A. Schutte
wiley   +1 more source

Single human fingertip mechanoreceptive afferents simultaneously encode multidimensional aspects of touch

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Mechanoreceptors in the fingertip skin allow us to explore objects and to feel a vast range of textures. We recorded responses from individual low‐threshold mechanoreceptive afferents in humans while dynamic stimuli were swept across their receptive fields, systematically varying force, velocity and spatial period.
Victoria Ashley Lang, Helena Backlund Wasling, Rochelle Ackerley, Johan Wessberg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

β‐hydroxy‐β‐methylbutyrate improves fast‐twitch muscle function, histopathology and mitochondrial respiration in the D2.mdx dystrophic mouse

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend β‐Hydroxy‐β‐methylbutyrate (HMB) enhances fast‐twitch muscle and mitochondrial function in D2.mdx mice. Male DBA/2J (wild‐type) and D2.mdx mice aged 3 or 6 months received daily β‐hydroxy‐β‐methylbutyrate (HMB; 1 mg g−1 day−1) via drinking water for 8 weeks. Fast‐twitch extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and slow‐twitch soleus (SOL)
Nicholas Giourmas, Hannah Lalunio, Memphis Calzoni, Ryan Bagaric, Craig A. Goodman, Alan Hayes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oat–Sesbania Rotation Boosts Oat Yield and Profit via Soil Nutrient Buildup and Dual Harvest

Modern Agriculture, Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2026.
Under the oat–Sesbania rotation system, soil nutrient accumulation serves as a key driver of increased oat yield and quality, with benefits tending to intensify over successive rotational years. Green manure incorporation of Sesbania promotes soil and crop improvement, whereas forage harvesting of Sesbania attains comparable agronomic outcomes while ...
Yongjie Zhang, Xinyue Wu, Xian Deng, Qinkun Li, Xiaolong Dong, Yajun Jia, Xiaotian Liang, Kaiquan Yu, Zilin Zhao, Fuqiang Wang, Ruizhen Yang, Xiaofeng Cao, Yuanying Peng   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological Flora of New Zealand 17: Kunzea ericoides (Myrtaceae), Kānuka

New Zealand Journal of Botany, Volume 64, Issue 4, December 2026.
This review summarises the taxonomic status, morphology, physiology, ecology, plant communities, mycological, invertebrate and vertebrate interactions and human use of the New Zealand endemic tree Kunzea ericoides (A. Rich.) Joy Thomps. (kānuka) (Myrtaceae).
P. J. Bellingham, M. S. McGlone, I. A. Dickie, N. Harcourt, P. B. Heenan, J. K. McCarthy, C. H. Watts, M. C. Smale, S. J. Richardson   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

3D finite element model for writing long-period fiber gratings by CO2 laser radiation. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2013
Coelho JM, Nespereira M, Abreu M, Rebordão J.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Not Necessarily Farm‐Wives: The Working Women of Rural Aotearoa/New Zealand

New Zealand Geographer, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 2026.
ABSTRACT There's a perception farm‐resident women are farmers or farmwives (e.g., cooks, record‐keepers, errand‐runners). Yet most farm‐resident women record a non‐farm occupation in their census returns. This article investigates this anomaly. It looks at the changing status of farm and other rural women, the diversity of non‐farming careers they ...
Ann Pomeroy
wiley   +1 more source

The Late Agricultural Development of Central Arabian Oases—Archaeobotanical and Archaeozoological Studies of the al‐Kharj Oasis

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 317-355, November 2026.
ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud, Hervé Monchot, Vladimir Dabrowski, Charlène Bouchaud, Jérémie Schiettecatte   +4 more
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Optical Detection of Cellular Signals at Material Interfaces

Advanced Healthcare Materials, Volume 15, Issue 37, 9 October 2026.
Emerging functional materials are transforming optical detection of cellular signals. This review highlights optical techniques that exploit the unique optical properties of diverse materials to detect and quantify cellular electrical, chemical, and mechanical signals, and discusses key opportunities and challenges.
Xuchen Ren, Jitong Ren, Zixin Zhang, Koney Eungkon Kim, Francis L. Hong, Yuecheng Peter Zhou   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source