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Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanbiao Ma, Zhiqiang Tang, Qianqian Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing more informative plant-pollinator networks : visitation and pollen deposition networks in a heathland plant community [PDF]

, 2015
Interaction networks are widely used as tools to understand plant–pollinator communities, and to examine potential threats to plant diversity and food security if the ecosystem service provided by pollinating animals declines.
Baldock, Katherine C. R., Willmer, P. G., Ballantyne, Gavin, Baldock, Katherine C R, Willmer, Patricia Gillian, Willmer, P G, Ballantyne, G, Ballantyne, G., Baldock, Katherine, Ballantyne, Gavin Andrew, Baldock, Katherine C.R., Willmer, Pat G.   +11 more
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Pistil Receptivity of Saidy Date Palms Grown under New Valley Conditions when Pollinated with Pollen Suspension [PDF]

Journal of Plant Production, 2016
This trial was conducted during 2015 and 2016 seasons to found the best time of pollination of Saidy date palms grown under NewValley conditions. Pollination was done by spraying pollen grains suspension (5 g pollens/L water).
S. El-Sharabasy, H. Saied, E. Ahmed
doaj   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental evidence that wildflower strips increase pollinator visits to crops [PDF]

, 2015
This study was financially supported by the Natural Environment Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council. Date of Acceptance: 06/01/2015Wild bees provide a free and potentially diverse ecosystem service to farmers growing pollination-
Dave Goulson, J Minderman (16218974), Minderman, J., Jeroen Minderman, Feltham, Hannah, Feltham, H., K Park (10264580), Park, Kirsty, Kirsty Park, Hannah Feltham, H Feltham (16218971), Goulson, D., Minderman, Jeroen, Goulson, Dave, Park, K., Dave Goulson (4460962)   +15 more
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Autonomous Navigation of Pollen‐Inspired Magnetic Microrobots for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A sunflower pollen‐inspired magnetic microrobot enables controlled rolling navigation in vessel‐like environments. Its open geometry reduces hydrodynamic drag, while vision‐based closed‐loop control, shortest‐path planning, and reinforcement learning support target‐reaching and maze navigation with microrobot‐scale accuracy, highlighting a route toward
Ali Anil Demircali, Abdurrahim Yilmaz, Meysam Keshavarz, Jinshi Zhao, Ara Darzi, Eric Yeatman, Burak Temelkuran   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Putting pollination quality into analyses of floral ecology: testing syndromes through pollinator performance [PDF]

, 2012
Over recent years, the extent of specialised and generalised plant-pollinator relationships, and the predictive powers of floral traits (often grouped into “pollination syndromes”) as indicators of the most effective pollinators of plant species, have ...
King, Caroline
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Hairiness: the missing link between pollinators and pollination [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
Background Functional traits are the primary biotic component driving organism influence on ecosystem functions; in consequence, traits are widely used in ecological research. However, most animal trait-based studies use easy-to-measure characteristics of species that are at best only weakly associated with ...
Stavert, Jamie R, Liñán-Cembrano, Gustavo, Beggs, Jacqueline R, Howlett, Brad G, Pattemore, David E, Bartomeus, Ignasi   +5 more
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Malectin Alleviates Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus via Glycoprotein Quality Control Mechanisms

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Malectin alleviates high glucose‐induced ER stress and damage in placental trophoblasts, a function dependent on its six critical carbohydrate‐binding residues. In a GDM mouse model, administration of TAT‐Malectin ameliorated hyperglycemia and placental ER stress and prevented fetal macrosomia.
Jiahui Zhu, Yumeng Zhang, Ye Wang, Xiaoyu Zhu, Ailin Yuan, Weijing Yin, Huangmin Yu, Xuemin Pang, Yufeng He, Yuchen Wang, Tong Wang, Yong Li, Yunlong Si   +12 more
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A Pollen‐Enhanced Bionic Mechanoreceptor Induced by Asymmetric Ionic Convection in Hydrogel for Sensory‐Augmented Prostheses

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work proposed a pollen‐enhanced bionic mechanoreceptor based on ionic convection. Leveraging the ion anchoring effect of the pollen particle, the output performance could be ∼12 times higher than the original state. By employing deep learning models as AI brains, the feasibility of a sensory‐augmented prosthesis consisting of a pollen‐enhanced ...
Zi Hao Guo, Jingyu Deng, Yanzhang Xu, Chenchen Zhou, Yangshi Shao, Xiong Pu, Munho Kim, Namjoon Cho   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source