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Drop‐Location‐Insensitive Droplet‐Based Electricity Generator Using Polydimethylsiloxane Slippery Covalently Attached Liquid Coatings

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Drop‐location sensitivity remains a key barrier to practical droplet‐based electricity generators (DEGs). Here, a polydimethylsiloxane slippery covalently attached liquid (PDMS‐SCAL)‐coated interface promotes droplet sliding instead of splitting or bouncing, allowing stable electricity generation from randomly falling raindrops. The resulting PDMS‐SCAL‐
Jung Bin Yang, Donghyeon Yoo, Hideaki Teshima, Donghan Lee, Dongwhi Choi, Dong Rip Kim, Nenad Miljkovic   +6 more
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Revealing rainfall partitioning characteristics of shrubs in semi-arid sandy land: Based on in-situ measurement data

Ecological Indicators
Rainfall is partitioned by the vegetation canopy into three components: throughfall, stemflow, and canopy interception, which profoundly influence key hydrological processes, including vegetation growth, groundwater recharge, water cycling, and regional ...
Hu Liu, Limin Duan, Yongzhi Bao, Xin Tong, Huimin Lei, Zhiming Han, Wenrui Zhang, Xixi Wang, V.P. Singh, Tingxi Liu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bio‐Inspired Gradient Coatings Enhance the Leading Edge Erosion Resistance of Wind Blades

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Rain‐induced erosion of the wind turbine blade leading edge poses a critical challenge to maintenance and operation. Here, we propose a bio‐inspired approach for erosion protection utilising a platelet‐reinforced polyurethane coating with a graded through‐thickness architecture.
Natalia Sofia Guevara‐Sotelo, Julie Teuwen, Kunal Masania   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sunscreen‐Inspired Nano‐Pesticide for UV‐Shielding and Laccase‐Responsive Delivery of Mancozeb With Enhanced Fungicidal Efficacy and Ecological Safety

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The sunscreen‐inspired nano‐pesticide, MCB@URFSL, provides UV‐shielding, enhanced rainfastness, and laccase‐responsive delivery for improved fungicidal efficacy and high ecological safety. ABSTRACT Fungicides are a crucial tool for protecting crops and ensuring consistent food supply.
Jin Yan, Xin Ye, Linping He, Cheng Hong, Xu‐Huan Zhao, Gizachew Mulugeta Manahelohe, Xiao‐Tong Feng, Yu‐Cheng Gu, Qiang Bian, Min Wu, Ming‐Zhi Zhang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling runoff at the plot scale taking into account rainfall partitioning by vegetation: application to stemflow of banana (Musa spp.) plant [PDF]

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2009
Rainfall partitioning by vegetation modifies the intensity of rainwater reaching the ground, which affects runoff generation. Incident rainfall is intercepted by the plant canopy and then redistributed into throughfall and stemflow.
Y.-M. Cabidoche, M. Voltz, P. Cattan, J.-B. Charlier, R. Moussa   +4 more
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Effect of dates of sowing on dry matter production and partitioning in yam bean (Pachyrrhizus erosus (L) Urban)

Annals of Tropical Research, 2005
Climatic factors like temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, day length, and soil edaphic factors influence the growth and yield of a crop. The rate of dry matter accumulation remains faster at higher than lower temperature.
M. Nedunchezhiyan, R.C. Ray
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Rainfall Shapes the Diversity of Soil Nitrogen‐Fixing Microorganisms Worldwide

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals the distinctive pattern and mechanism of rainfall driving the global biodiversity and biogeography of soil potential N‐fixing microorganisms, and constructs the theoretical framework. The results guide us on how to maintain ecosystem productivity under future climate changes (e.g., whether a specific region needs more N fertilizers ...
Bin Hua, Shuang Pang, Ang Li, Zonghao Hu, Honghui Wu, Shuhan Zhang, Yi Fan, Yi Wu, Wei Yang, Yachao Zhao, Yupeng Guan, Baoming Ji, Deliang Kong, Yong Zhao, Anton A. Goncharov, Anastasia Yu. Korotkevich, Rong Mao, Yang Zhang, Ximei Zhang   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simplified stochastic soil-moisture models: a look at infiltration [PDF]

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2006
A simplified, vertically-averaged model of soil moisture interpreted at the daily time scale and forced by a stochastic process of instantaneous rainfall events is compared with a vertically-averaged model which uses a non-overlapping rectangular pulse ...
J. R. Rigby, A. Porporato
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Experimental Demonstration of Temporally Aware Fault‐Tolerant Sensor Fusion Using Memristive Associative Learning

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
In dynamic driving scenarios, the proposed approach ensures only temporally aligned sensor inputs to make driving decisions, preventing false activations. By enabling selective hardware‐level learning, it achieves fast, reliable responses under noisy conditions.
Kapil Bhardwaj, Ashfak Nehal, Dmitrii Semenov, Roman Sotner, Sayani Majumdar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele, Vigani Mauro   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source