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The Relationship between Soil Electrical Parameters and Compaction of Sandy Clay Loam Soil

Agriculture, 2021
Soil spatial variability mapping allows the delimitation of the number of soil samples investigated to describe agricultural areas; it is crucial in precision agriculture.
Katarzyna Pentoś, Krzysztof Pieczarka, Kamil Serwata   +2 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing SafeWax, A Bio‐Inspired Superhydrophobic Coating, Toward Sustainable and Climate‐Resilient Crop Protection

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study advances SafeWax, a bio‐inspired, fatty‐acids‐based superhydrophobic coating, by identifying an agriculturally compliant solvent and revealing how solvent‐controlled Fatty acid crystallization governs the coating's microscopic structure and performance.
Niv Ben‐Arie, Iryna Polishchuk, Franziska Tauber, Coralie Schneider, Elena Prudnikov, Alessia Calora, Silvia Milita, Simona Fermani, Mireia Alejandra Ibanez Revert, Ilaria Filippetti, Claudio Ratti, Matthias Kellermeier, Markus Rueckel, Boaz Pokroy   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting soil compaction from soil electrical conductivity based on scanning methods. A review

Agronomy Science
Soil compaction is a crucial agricultural issue impacting plant growth, water infiltration, and soil health. Because of its sensitivity to soil variables such as texture, moisture content, and salinity, soil electrical conductivity (ECa) has emerged as ...
Jasper Tembeck Mbah, Katarzyna Pentoś
doaj   +1 more source

Melanin's Role in Balancing Mechanical Strength and Reproductive Output in Environmentally Stressed Fungal Spores

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Melanin content directly controls fungal spore mechanical properties, with pigmented spores achieving rupture forces two orders of magnitude higher than hyaline spores. Environmental stress drives this quantity‐quality tradeoff; stressed species invest energy in melanin‐reinforced, mechanically superior thick‐walled, super‐hydrophobic spores, while ...
Atul Agrawal, Steven E. Naleway
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping Topsoil Behavior to Compaction at National Scale from an Analysis of Field Observations

Land
Soil compaction is one of the most important and readily mitigated threats to soil health. Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) has emerged as an efficient method to provide broad-scale maps by combining soil information with environmental covariates.
Anne C. Richer-de-Forges, Dominique Arrouays, Songchao Chen, Zamir Libohova, Dylan E. Beaudette, Hocine Bourennane   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

ATP‐Mediated Bidirectional Communication Between Natural and Artificial Cells for Controlled Bioreactions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Establishment of bidirectional communication behavior between natural and artificial cells. The first type of communication from natural dendritic cells to artificial polymeric cells was achieved via ATP release after cell lysis. The released ATP was taken up via gated UV‐controlled permeability increase of the polymeric membrane for performing ...
Ilona Kalte, Tsvetomir Ivanov, Leonhard Seufert, Shoupeng Cao, Lucas Caire da Silva, Volker Mailänder, Katharina Landfester   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of low and controlled traffic systems on soil physical properties, yields and the profitability of cereal crops on a range of soil types [PDF]

, 2011
Soil compaction is an inevitable consequence of mechanised farming systems whose machines are degrading soils to the extent that some are considered uneconomic to repair.
Chamen, W. C. T.
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Biodegradable 3D‐Printable and Coatable Antifouling Composites for Marine Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Marine biofouling damages submerged surfaces and raises greenhouse gas emissions. Biodegradable antifouling biocomposites were developed by hot‐mixing beeswax, Tween 80, and calcium stearate or stearic acid. Adjusting the component ratio enables processing via hot‐pressing, 3D‐printing, or dip‐coating.
Gabriele Corigliano, Lorenzo Ravelli, Martina Nardi, Ruowen Tu, Elena Bellini, Valerio Isa, Carlo Filippeschi, Roberta Finazzi, Luca Ceseracciu, Niloofar Paknezhad, Vincenzo Scribano, Paolo Galli, Silvia Lavorano, Simone Montano, Barbara Mazzolai, Marco Contardi, Pietro Cataldi, Athanassia Athanassiou   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of soil compaction on wheat seedling root growth are specific to soil texture and soil moisture status [PDF]

, 2023
Soil structure is a crucial soil physical property that determines a soil's ability to support the growth and development of plants. Soil compaction modifies soil structure by reducing pore space between soil particles thereby leading to a denser soil ...
Cooper, H., Hawkesford, Malcolm J., Zhang, Xiaoxian, Cooper, Hannah, Sturrock, Craig J., Mooney, S. J., Mawodza, Tinashe, Atkinson, Jonathan A., Atkinson, B. S., Zhang, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, Hu, Mawodza, T., Sturrock, C. J., Mooney, Sacha J., Whalley, W. R., Yu, Cailian, Atkinson, Brian S., Atkinson, J. A., Hawkesford, M. J., Whalley, Richard, Yu, C., Hawkesford, Malcolm   +22 more
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