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Multifunctional Fluidic Units for Emergent, Responsive Robotic Behaviors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A multifunctional reconfigurable fluidic unit can be used as sensor, valve and actuator is presented. A unique configuration combines the features of the three components as a Responsive self‐oscillating actuator. The remarkable versatility of the fluidic unit is demonstrated by building different robots with the same fluidic units only by varying ...
Mostafa Mousa, Alberto Comoretto, Johannes T.B. Overvelde, Antonio E. Forte   +3 more
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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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Discussion on Prevention and Treatment of Parasitic Diseases: Some Recent Work on the Louse [PDF]

, 1941
P. A. Buxton
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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
wiley   +1 more source

Moth‐Wing‐Inspired Multifunctional Metamaterials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study develops a moth‐wing‐inspired heterogeneous metamaterial that achieves synergistic broadband sound absorption, mechanical energy dissipation, and thermal insulation within a lightweight architected framework. Combining bioinspired gradient design, genetic‐algorithm optimization, and additive manufacturing, the bionic heterogeneous acoustic ...
Haoran Pei, Hang Yang, Ning Zhang, Tian Li, Xinxin Wang, Miao Zhao, Shuwei Ding, Xin Wang, Qinniu Lv, Zijie Xu, Yinghong Chen, Xinwei Li, Wei Zhai   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low levels of chicken body louse (Menacanthus stramineus) infestations affect chicken welfare in a cage-free housing system

Parasites & Vectors
Background The chicken body louse is an obligate ectoparasite of domestic chickens. Chicken body lice feed on feathers, and infestation with this louse is linked to decreases in egg production, hen weight, and feed conversion efficiency.
Amy C. Murillo, Alireza Abdoli, Richard A. Blatchford, Eammon J. Keogh, Alec C. Gerry   +4 more
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A new species of sucking louse Hoplopleura villosissima n. sp. (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Hoplopleuridae) and a new host record of the spiny rat louse Polyplax spinulosa Burmeister, 1839 (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Polyplacidae) from the long-haired rat Rattus villosissimus Waite (Rodentia: Muridae) in Australia

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background The sucking louse fauna of endemic Australian rodents has been under-studied for decades. Sixty-five species of native rodents have been recorded in Australia.
Wei Wang, Haylee J. Weaver, Fan Song, Lance A. Durden, Renfu Shao   +4 more
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High‐Performance Air‐Stable Polymer Monolayer Transistors for Monolithic 3D CMOS logics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A fibrillar polymer monolayer with a self‐confinement effect is demonstrated, in which aligned chains parallel the nanofiber axis. Employing a top‐gate CYTOP dielectric, this monolayer transistor achieves high mobility (7.12 cm2 V−1 s−1) and exceptional stability over 1260 days in air.
Miao Cheng, Yanqin Zhang, Jinyao Wang, Haonan Wang, Yifan Xie, Shuaidi Zhang, Changrui Liu, Jingyun Chu, Feng Zhang, Zhenzhong Yang, Zilong Zheng, Mingjian Wu, Ling Li, Mengmeng Li   +13 more
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Louse flies holding on mammals' hair: Comparative functional morphology of specialized attachment devices of ectoparasites (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) [PDF]

, 2022
Sarah Hayer, Beeke P. Sturm, Sebastian Büsse, Thies H. Büscher, Stanislav N. Gorb   +4 more
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Recent Advances in Collective Behaviors of Micro/Nanomotor Swarms

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review describes the driving forces behind collective motion, explores the self‐organization of micro/nano swarms across zero‐dimensional (0D), one‐dimensional (1D), two‐dimensional (2D), and three‐dimensional (3D) spaces, and highlights their potential in drug delivery, environmental monitoring, and smart devices.
Siwen Sun, Bingbing Sun, Alexander B. Cook, Tania Patiño Padial, Jan C. M. van Hest   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source