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Smart Bioinspired Material‐Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This work gathers, in a review style, an extensive and comprehensive literature overview on the development of autonomous actuators based on synthetic materials, bringing together valuable knowledge from several studies. Furthermore, the article identifies the fundamental principles of actuation mechanisms and defines key parameters to address the size
Alejandro Palacios, Léon Chiriatti, Simon Poppinga, Thomas Speck, Vincent Le Houérou   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive Genomic Divergence Across Altitudes in Capsella bursa‐pastoris

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Genomic divergence was observed between high‐altitude and low‐altitude populations of Capsella bursa‐pastoris in China, consistent with an important role of ecological factors. Candidate adaptive loci associated with enhanced energy metabolism, photoprotection, and growth plasticity under altitudinal stress were identified.
Lu Liu, Jia Li, Xin Liu, Xue‐Jun Ge, Hui‐Run Huang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating tunable LED‐induced plant responses with novel solar cell technologies for energy‐efficient agrivoltaic systems

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The increasing demand for sustainable food production requires innovative solutions that balance productivity, resource efficiency, and environmental impact. Vertical Farming Systems (VFSs) offer a promising approach; however, their high energy consumption remains challenging.
Alessio Dessì, Carlo Spampinato, Fabiano Sillo, Salvatore Valastro, Mauro Centritto, Cecilia Brunetti, Andrea Ghirardo, Jörg‐Peter Schnitzler, Alessandra Alberti, Gianna Reginato, Aurora Rizzo, Raffaella Balestrini   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Analysis of MAX2 in Phototropins-Mediated Cotyledon Flattening in Arabidopsis

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018
Phototropins (phot1 and phot2) are blue-light receptors that control cotyledon flattening and positioning under strong light; however, their functional redundancy restricts our understanding of the specific roles of phot2.
Qing-Ping Zhao, Xiao-Nan Wang, Nan-Nan Li, Zi-Yi Zhu, Shi-Chao Mu, Xiang Zhao, Xiao Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial Phototropic Systems for Enhanced Light Harvesting Based on a Liquid Crystal Elastomer

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021
Oblique‐incidence‐induced energy‐density loss (OEL) is a universal problem which affects nearly all processes involving electromagnetic waves, especially sunlight harvesting.
Yichen Yan, Yusen Zhao, Yousif Alsaid, Bowen Yao, Yucheng Zhang, Shuwang Wu, Ximin He   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Animating blossom: Time‐lapse to encourage plant awareness in the YouTube era

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Time‐lapse videos can effectively capture key traits of flower blossoms, such as color, 3D structure, and temporal changes, making them valuable complements to herbarium specimens and other botanical collections. Despite the abundance of such videos on YouTube, most provide no ecological and botanical insights.
Tae Kyung Yoon
wiley   +1 more source

Thinking with trees: Responding to sympoietic plant relations through visual art

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Amid escalating climate crises, this paper explores how we might rethink our relationship with the natural world, particularly with plants and trees, through the perspectives of visual art. This paper reveals how art invites us to see trees and other plant life not as passive background scenery, but as living beings with their own forms of experience ...
Xiaoyu Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Don’t be MIZguided, know where to grow!

Communications Biology
Plant organs shift their directional growth in response to environmental stimuli through tropisms. Arabidopsis roots exhibit positive hydrotropism (towards water) and negative phototropism (away from light).
Hannah Vahldick
doaj   +1 more source

ON "REVERSAL" OF PHOTOTROPISM IN PHYCOMYCES [PDF]

Journal of General Physiology, 1932
Alleged reversal of the phototropism of the sporangiophores of Phycomyces by high intensities of light does not occur if infra-red radiation is properly excluded. Phototropic "indifference" alone occurs at high intensities due to equal photic action on both sides of the sporangiophore.
openaire   +2 more sources

Hybrid sorghum breeding in China: A historical review and perspectives

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the promotion and application of three‐line hybrid sorghum in China, this review highlights pivotal scientific breakthroughs, systematically summarizes the progress in hybrid sorghum breeding and dwarf sorghum breeding in the country, and presents an outlook on the future of sorghum breeding.
Xiangxiang Meng, Lu Li, Qian Qian, Liang Jiang, Zhaosheng Kong   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source