Soft Electromagnetic Actuator and Oscillator
Advanced Materials Technologies, Volume 10, Issue 6, March 18, 2025.This work presents a groundbreaking soft electromagnetic system capable of bistable actuation and self‐regulated oscillation. Using liquid metal and silicone as a compliant conductor, the actuator enables force generation, sensing, and feedback with minimal power.
Noah D. Kohls, Yi Chen Mazumdar
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Potential Global Invasion Risk of Scale Insect Pests Based on a Self-Organizing Map. [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Deng J +8 more
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Farmer's perceptions of Eco-friendly nets adapted to vegetable production in Benin [PDF]
, 2012 City food supplies are a rising concern for food security in an urbanizing context as productivity and yields are expected to increase to meet the growing needs of urban dwellers. Domestic food supplies will not only require increased food production but
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Living IoT: A Flying Wireless Platform on Live Insects
, 2018 Sensor networks with devices capable of moving could enable applications ranging from precision irrigation to environmental sensing. Using mechanical drones to move sensors, however, severely limits operation time since flight time is limited by the ...
Almarshadi M. H. +14 more
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Fabrication, Properties, and Applications of Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Regeneration
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review explores cutting‐edge biomaterials and fabrication techniques for scaffolds in bone tissue regeneration. It conducts a critical comparison of various strategies, meticulously analyzes the key contradictions in the field, and outlines an integrated development path spanning from biomaterial selection to clinical application, while ...
Shangsi Chen, Min Wang
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Hydrogel‐Based Functional Materials: Classifications, Properties, and Applications
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Conductive hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for smart wearable devices due to their outstanding flexibility, multifunctionality, and biocompatibility. This review systematically summarizes recent progress in their design strategies, focusing on monomer systems and conductive components, and highlights key multifunctional properties such as
Zeyu Zhang, Zao Cheng, Patrizio Raffa
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First Record of the Invasive Scale Insect, Pulvinaria hydrangeae Steinweden, 1946 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Romania. [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Paraschiv M.
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Modulus‐Switchable Miniature Robots for Biomedical Applications: A Review
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Materials, robot designs, proof‐of‐concept functions, and biomedical applications of modulus‐switchable miniature robots. Miniature soft robots have shown great potential in biomedical applications due to their excellent controllability and suitable mechanical properties in biological environments.
Chunyun Wei, Yibin Wang, Jiangfan Yu
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Are asymmetric inheritance systems an evolutionary trap? Transitions in the mechanism of paternal genome loss in the scale insect family Eriococcidae. [PDF]
Genetics, 2023 Hodson CN, Toon A, Cook LG, Ross L.
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Notes on Scale-Insects (Coccidae).—Part II [PDF]
Bulletin of Entomological Research, 1913 This paper deals with a number of Coccids which have been forwarded through the Imperial Bureau of Entomology from the following countries: The Dutch West Indies, Barbados, British Guiana, Zanzibar, Uganda, Nyasaland, and Nigeria. Five species are herein described as new to science, the others, for the most part, are Avell-known pests affecting ...
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