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Bioinspired morphing wings for extended flight envelope and roll control of small drones. [PDF]
Interface Focus, 2017 Di Luca M +4 more
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Influence of Geometric Design on Mechanical Performance of Auxetic Metastructure
Advanced Engineering Materials, Volume 28, Issue 15, 5 August 2026.Strategic geometric reinforcement transforms auxetic performance. This study evaluates 3D‐printed arrowhead metastructures, revealing that a modified design with local ring reinforcement suppresses premature failure to achieve superior energy absorption and structural efficiency.
Muhammad Gulzari +3 more
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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae
Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 4, Page 1805-1829, August 2026.ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck +14 more
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Local Resource Heterogeneity Drives Density‐Dependent Dispersal Expression in a Phoretic Mite
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Regional heterogeneity often selects for dispersal, as this allows individuals to move between environments. However, individuals do not experience regional conditions and must make developmental decisions based on local cues. Using long‐term population experiments, we find that local heterogeneity influences dispersal by exacerbating competition ...
Lukas H. A. Edwards +1 more
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Physical Anchoring‐Assisted Mechanically Guided Assembly for Material‐Independent 3D Mesostructures
Small, Volume 22, Issue 44, 7 August 2026.Conventional mechanically guided 3D assembly relies on selective chemical bonding between 2D precursors and elastomeric substrates, imposing fundamental limitations on material compatibility and scalability. Here, we present a physically anchored, buckling‐guided assembly platform based on a rod array patterned elastomeric substrate (RPES).
Yeonhee Heo +7 more
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Reframing Data as a Taonga: A Māori Data Sovereignty Framework
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 56, Issue 4, August 2026.The value of data continues to increase as new technologies have a seemingly insatiable demand for information. This places Indigenous peoples in the difficult position as both users of diverse data for standard and unique ends and the producers of standard and unique data for diverse ends.
Simon Lambert +2 more
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Insect Science, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 1706-1718, August 2026.Coloration serves several fitness‐related functions, including thermoregulation, immunity, social signaling, sexual selection, and predator avoidance. Consequently, color polymorphism can have a significant impact on a species’ interactions with its environment, including its relationships with predators, prey, and potential mates. The wood tiger moth (
Juan A. Galarza +9 more
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Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 621-638, August 2026.True dung beetles are a speciose group of ecosystem engineers that play key roles as detritivores in natural and agricultural landscapes. Scarabaeine beetles show strong thermal plasticity and there is increasing evidence of rapid evolutionary divergence in response to temperature across ecological and evolutionary timescales, with likely consequences ...
Nathan J. McConnell +4 more
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Soft Active Polymers for Biomimetic Shape Morphing Wings. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)Yuan C, Liu C, Wang Z.
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Mechanical Properties of Re-Entrant Hybrid Honeycomb Structures for Morphing Wings. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)Wang Y, Guo Y, Yang H.
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