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Bio‐Inspired Carbon Spheres Enable Active Sites Multiscale‐Anchoring and Pre‐Reduction

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
Combining the wet‐spinning technique with a “bionic design” concept, a bio‐inspired carbon sphere support with internal finger‐shaped pores and external craquelure structures is designed and constructed, and the corresponding carbon sphere reactor is fabricated through the multiscale anchoring and the pre‐reduced promoting, and verified for application
Guangkai Hu, Yingchun Zhang, Xin Zhang, Mengjiao Liu, Qihang Wen, Bin Yu, Tao Huang, Cong Lei, Shanxiang Wei, Yongxiang Li, Minghui Zhu, Hao Yu   +11 more
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Non-consumptive predator effects shape honey bee foraging and recruitment dancing. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Predators can reduce bee pollination and plant fitness through successful predation and non-consumptive effects. In honey bees, evidence of predation or a direct attack can decrease recruitment dancing and thereby magnify the effects of individual ...
Allison Bray, James Nieh
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Support‐Driven Hydrogen Migration Enhances Ammonia Decomposition in Direct Ammonia Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Enhanced hydrogen species migration enabled by FN/BZY catalyst mitigates intermediate accumulation and improves DA‐PCFC performance during ammonia decomposition. Ammonia, with its high hydrogen density and carbon‐free nature, serves as ideal fuel for direct ammonia protonic ceramic fuel cells (DA‐PCFCs).
Meijuan Fei, Shuai Wang, Zhaohui Cai, Dongliang Liu, Cheng Huang, Xixi Wang, Jie Miao, Huangang Shi, Chuan Zhou, Wei Zhou   +9 more
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Patterns of morphological evolution in the raptorial appendages of praying mantises

Insect Science
AbstractMantodea (praying mantises) is a group of exclusively predatory insects, which, together with nonraptorial blattodeans (cockroaches and termites) and groups exclusively found in the fossil record, form the group Dictyoptera. A central characteristic of Mantodea is the specialization of their first pair of legs as raptorial grasping appendages ...
Alejandro Izquierdo‐López, Christine Kiesmüller, Carsten Gröhn, Joachim T. Haug, Carolin Haug, Marie K. Hörnig   +5 more
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A Cretaceous-aged Palaeotropical dispersal established an endemic lineage of Caribbean praying mantises [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2017
Recent phylogenetic advances have uncovered remarkable biogeographic histories that have challenged traditional concepts of dispersal, vicariance and diversification in the Greater Antilles. Much of this focus has centred on vertebrate lineages despite the high diversity and endemism of terrestrial arthropods, which account for 2.5 times ...
Gavin J. Svenson, Henrique M. Rodrigues
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An Advanced Bio-Inspired Mantis Search Algorithm for Characterization of PV Panel and Global Optimization of Its Model Parameters

Biomimetics, 2023
Correct modelling and estimation of solar cell characteristics are crucial for effective performance simulations of PV panels, necessitating the development of creative approaches to improve solar energy conversion.
Ghareeb Moustafa, Hashim Alnami, Sultan Hassan Hakmi, Ahmed Ginidi, Abdullah M. Shaheen, Fahad A. Al-Mufadi   +5 more
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Light‐Induced Structural Reorganization of Fe Centers Unlocks High Efficiency of Visible‐Light Photo‐Fenton Water Cleaning Catalyst

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Bimetallic Cu and Fe oxide species supported on porous silica with interparticle mesoporosity act as efficient photo‐Fenton‐like catalysts under visible light. Photogenerated electrons drive the Cu2+/Cu1+ redox cycle. Part of Cu1+ is responsible for the regeneration of the Fe3+/Fe2+ cycle at neutral pH. Light irradiation additionally induces structural
Andraž Šuligoj, Ksenija Maver, Iztok Arčon, Goran Dražić, Nataša Zabukovec Logar, Albin Pintar, Nataša Novak Tušar   +6 more
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Evolutionary genomics of camouflage innovation in the orchid mantis

Nature Communications, 2023
The orchid mantises achieve camouflage with morphological modifications in body color and pattern, providing an interesting model for understanding phenotypic innovation. However, a reference genome is lacking for the order Mantodea.
Guangping Huang, Lingyun Song, Xin Du, Xin Huang, Fuwen Wei   +4 more
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Regulating Copper Nuclearity in Metal–Organic Frameworks for the Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide

Small Methods, EarlyView.
CO2 hydrogenation on Cu‐metalated MOFs at gas–solid and liquid–solid interfaces depend strongly on the nuclearity of the Cu, which can be adjusted via the density of defects and the synthesis process. In both reaction regimes, methanol formation is favored on Cu clusters rather than on isolated Cu sites, highlighting the critical role of metal ...
Soufiane Bahou, Chanokporn Kosri, Ashour A. Ahmed, Hesham Mena, Riya Sehrawat, Sebastian Wohlrab, Thanapa Numpilai, Pongtanawat Khemthong, Thongthai Witoon, Kajornsak Faungnawakij, Bunyarat Rungtaweevoranit, Ali Abdel‐Mageed   +11 more
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Are larger primates less faunivorous? Consumption of arthropods by Amazonian primates does not fulfil the Jarman-Bell and Kay models

Acta Amazonica, 2022
Terrestrial arthropod groups, including insects, spiders, and millipedes, represent an important food resource for primates. However, species consumed and patterns and rates of arthropod-related feeding for most frugivorous primates are still poorly ...
Anamélia de Souza JESUS, Reyna Isabel CASTILLA TORRES, Jean Carlo de QUADROS, Alisson Nogueira CRUZ, João VALSECCHI, Hani R. EL BIZRI, Pedro MAYOR   +6 more
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