Temperature‐Tunable Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Optical Combiners for Extended Reality Applications
Recent advancements in extended reality highlight their potential to enhance traditional displays like liquid crystal displays and organic light‐emitting diode screens. This article introduces an innovative cholesteric liquid crystal‐based optical combiner for head‐mounted displays, enabling seamless transitions between augmented reality, virtual ...
Yuanjie Xia +6 more
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Three-dimensional reconstruction of glacier-derived freshwater in East Antarctica using an end-member-independent hydrographic parameterization. [PDF]
Watanabe YW +6 more
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This article reviews the current state of bioinspired soft robotics. The article discusses soft actuators, soft sensors, materials selection, and control methods used in bioinspired soft robotics. It also highlights the challenges and future prospects of this field.
Abhirup Sarker +2 more
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Observed poleward heat transport by mesoscale eddies in the deep Southern Ocean. [PDF]
Liu T, Zhai X, He Q, Hogg AM, Chen D.
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A novel soft robotic propeller overcomes traditional efficiency‐flexibility tradeoffs via a hybrid pneumatic‐cable actuation strategy. This architecture enables active stiffness modulation with dual‐mode locomotion: tunable biomimetic swimming and earthworm‐inspired wriggling for confined spaces.
Jiazi Geng +6 more
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Coupling of Pacific and Indian Ocean variability disrupted by 19th century volcanism. [PDF]
Wang S, Oppo DW, Ummenhofer CC.
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Multirobot Aerial Soft Manipulator for Floating Litter Collection
A multirobot aerial manipulator enables autonomous floating litter collection by controlling the shape of a flexible rope equipped with a hook‐based tool. Adaptive rope‐shape planning enhances grasping performance while reducing tension, demonstrating the potential of aerial robots for floating litter removal. Removing floating litter from water bodies
Antonio González‐Morgado +8 more
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Noncanonical Peloruside A Biosynthesis by an Uncultivated Verrucomicrobiota Symbiont
Noncanonical biochemistry of the peloruside PKS characterized in this work, comprising double bond generation by a noncanonical tridomain (blue), acetyl‐CoA recycling (orange), and proofreading systems (purple and yellow). The Z‐double bond is installed by TEB1 through O‐acetylation and acetate elimination. The acyl ligase PelB (AL, orange) selectively
Amy E. Fraley +11 more
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Colonisation history of a vector species of veterinary interest: phylogeography of Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Indian Ocean revealing low genetic structure. [PDF]
Ribon-Chaudat L +12 more
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A Bioinspired Underwater Soft Robot for Active Intravesical Liquid Delivery and Mixing
A bioinspired underwater soft robot is reported that integrates an elastic strain energy‐driven soft robotic pump with a programmable flexible magnetic valve, enabling remotely controlled, programmable, and sustained liquid release and mixing. This functionality is enabled by the synergistic integration of elastic strain energy‐driven pumping and ...
Jacob Katona +7 more
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