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The adaptive significance of large size at birth in marine snakes
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Evolutionary shifts from one habitat type to another can clarify selective forces that affect life-history attributes. Four lineages of snakes (acrochordids and three clades within the Elapidae) have invaded marine habitats, and all have larger offspring
Richard Shine +4 more
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Stochastic Entanglement of Deterministic Origami Tentacles For Robust Robotic Grasping
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study introduces an origami tentacle gripper to robustly grasp objects‐in air, underwater, and even in orbital space‐by exploiting a synergy between local, deterministic deformation programming and global, stochastic entanglements. A single origami tentacle can be designed to coil with a simple tendon pull.
Alec Boron +4 more
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Toxins, 2016 Antivenom neutralization against cobra venoms is generally low in potency, presumably due to poor toxin-specific immunoreactivity. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of two elapid antivenoms to neutralize the principal toxins purified from
Kae Yi Tan +3 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Morphological anisotropy directs the in vivo transport under physiological flow and clearance of silica nanocarriers. Increasing anisotropy reduces cellular uptake, suppresses hepatic and splenic sequestration, and prolongs systemic circulation by steering particles toward the central flow core.
Xiaofei Li +11 more
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Coastal nurseries and their importance for conservation of sea kraits. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Destruction and pollution of coral reefs threaten these marine biodiversity hot stops which shelter more than two thirds of sea snake species. Notably, in many coral reef ecosystems of the Western Pacific Ocean, large populations of sea kraits ...
Xavier Bonnet +4 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A flexible, hexagonally packed artificial dielectric providing a wide range of effective permittivities (εr ≈ 30–1400) without lumped elements was developed for clinical and ultra‐high‐field MRI. Combined with modular passive‐dipole arrays, the system enables adaptable RF field shaping through electric‐ and magnetic‐dipole tuning.
Santosh Kumar Maurya +2 more
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The mitochondrial genome of the Hydrophis curtus (Squamata: Elapidae)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 In this study, we provide the report of a mitochondrial genome of Shaw’s sea snake (Hydrophis curtus). The total length of the mitogenome is 17839 bp, which was composed of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes (12 s and 16 s rRNA), 22 tRNA genes.
Jing Zhang, Chaochao Yan
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Programmable Sequential 4D Actuation in Multistable Kirigami Metamaterials
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study presents a modular kirigami metamaterial framework enabling programmable multistability and sequential 4D actuation. By coupling geometry‐controlled multistability with material‐dependent recovery kinetics, spatiotemporal deformation can be precisely programmed.
Eui‐Hyun Kim +3 more
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Raptor migration in Greece: a review
Avocetta, 2013 Greece is located at the southernmost end of the Balkan Peninsula and the shortest distance between Greece and north Africa is roughly 280 km.
Michele Panuccio +2 more
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Amphibious Movement of Microrobots Inspired by Water Spiders
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Inspired by the water strider, a novel microrobot is designed to maintain amphibious mobility in complex environments. It retains the ability to traverse the air‐liquid interface and perform directional movement within sophisticated, multifaceted environments, including complex gastric wall structures, with precise controllability.
Xiao Hu +7 more
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