Results 81 to 90 of about 39,892 (308)

Fish Scales: A Multifunctional Biomaterial from Nature

open access: yesENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Fish scales demonstrate nature's solution to impact protection through overlapping multilayered architecture. This biological design combines mineralized surfaces with collagen networks to achieve both flexibility and fracture resistance. The structural principles inspire advanced protective materials and biomedical implants, where damage tolerance ...
Liyao Dong, Xiaojie Sun, Xiguang Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Sharks

open access: yesChoice Reviews Online, 2002
Biblioteca de Educación del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte; Calle San Agustín, 5 - 3 planta; 28014 Madrid; Tel.
openaire   +3 more sources

Global systematic review of the factors influencing shark bites

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation
Shark bites can cause substantial socio-economic and ecological challenges, including debates about bite-mitigation policies, economic impacts for tourism-dependent communities, and increased fear among beachgoers.
Delphine Duval   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flexible Direct‐Conversion X‐Ray Detectors: From Emerging Materials to Conformal Imaging

open access: yesENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This comprehensive review analyzed the performance, challenges, and future directions of four emerging material systems for next‐generation flexible direct‐conversion X‐ray detectors: organic semiconductors, perovskites, metal–organic frameworks, and inorganic metal compounds.
Haipeng Di   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Connections Across Open Water: A Bi‐Organelle, Genomics‐Scale Assessment of Atlantic‐Wide Population Dynamics in a Pelagic, Endangered Apex Predator Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)

open access: yesEvolutionary Applications
Large‐bodied pelagic sharks are key regulators of oceanic ecosystem stability, but highly impacted by severe overfishing. One such species, the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus), a globally widespread, highly migratory predator, has undergone ...
Andrea M. Bernard   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Underwater Visual Records of Marine Megafauna Around Offshore Anthropogenic Structures

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2020
In oceans and seas worldwide, an increasing number of end-of-life anthropogenic offshore structures (e.g., platforms, pipelines, manifolds, windfarms, etc.) are facing full or partial removal.
Victoria L. G. Todd   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of Jellyfish in Sweden since 2007

open access: yes
The national monitoring program is financed by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. Monitoring is performed by Gothenburg University.
SHARK SMHI
core   +1 more source

Synthetic Biology and Food: Applications and Prospects

open access: yesFood Bioengineering, EarlyView.
Synthetic biology would provide revolutionary technological solutions to produce new food and feed components, such as artificial starch, animo acids, microbial protein, lipids, sweeteners, vitamins.
Yi‐Heng P. Job Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Important Shark and Ray Areas: a new tool to optimize spatial planning for sharks

open access: yesOryx, 2023
Peter M. Kyne   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breeding evidence and seasonality of the blue shark (Prionace glauca) on the northern Catalan coast

open access: yesScientia Marina
Many shark species face serious threats that have generally led to a collapse in their numbers at a global scale. The blue shark (Prionace glauca) is one of the most by-caught large shark species in the Mediterranean Sea, where it has been classified as
Jordi Ruiz-Olmo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy