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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gait Analysis of Pak Biawak: A Necrobot Lizard Built using the Skeleton of an Asian Water Monitor (Varanus Salvator)

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Pak Biawak, a necrobot, embodies an unusual fusion of biology and robotics. Designed to repurpose natural structures after death, it challenges conventional boundaries between nature and engineering. Its movements are precise yet unsettling, raising questions about sustainability, ethics, and the untapped potential of biointegrated machines.
Leo Foulds, Donan Satria Yudha, Parvez Alam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ultra‐High Friction and Adhesion in Hydrogel Layer Driven by Wet‐to‐Dry Transition Dynamics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work reveals a critical wet‐to‐dry transition in polyacrylamide hydrogel layers that induces volumetric shrinkage, resulting in enhanced interfacial contact and dramatically increased friction and adhesion. Leveraging this transition enables strong, reversible gripping on diverse surfaces, offering new insights for hydrogel‐based gripping ...
Chenxu Liu, Tianhui Sun, Wenqing Chen, Hongjian Zhang, Pan Huang, Lin Yang, Yuan Yao, Qiongyao Peng, Ying Hu, Yonggang Meng, Yu Tian, Hongbo Zeng   +11 more
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Stochastic Nanoscale Biophysical Cues as a Basis for the Induction of Glioblastoma‐Like Transcriptional Programs in Astrocytes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Stochastic nanoscale physical cues induce glioblastoma (GBM)‐associated transcriptional traits in naïve astrocytes leading to spontaneous formation of spheroids. Cells within spheroids express activated‐MMP2 and a differential gene expression pattern involving P53 and NOTCH3, providing evidence for a role for changes in brain topography, as observed in
Laurent Starck, Tobias Butelmann, Sabrina Hogan, Melika Sarem, Bernd Heimrich, Ritwick Sawarkar, Marie‐Françoise Ritz, Gregor Hutter, V. Prasad Shastri   +8 more
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An Opto‐Actuated Hydrogel for Cell Mechanoactuation and Real‐Time Force Monitoring

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Researchers developed a mechanoactuated hydrogel interface where nanomachines exert forces on adhesion receptors and allow monitoring of traction force responses in real time. They demonstrate reversible talin recruitment, enhanced F‐actin polymerization, and a reduction in cell traction force when force is locally applied to focal adhesions of ...
Rinku Kumar, Marc A. Fernandez‐Yague, Adrien Bessaguet, Hosoowi Lee, Nicolas Giuseppone, Andrés J. García, Aránzazu del Campo   +6 more
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Rigid Hollow Microparticles for Enhanced Focused Ultrasound Treatment Under Optoacoustic Guidance

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
By combining focused ultrasound (FUS) and acoustically active hollow borosilicate microparticles (HBMPs), we demonstrate tunable control over interparticle dynamics and their localized thermal energy deposition. Modulation of acoustic frequency and particle concentration tailors the energy delivery, allowing adaptive, material‐based regulation of ...
Nima Mahkam, Yi Chen, Héctor Estrada, Ananya Amitabh, Amirreza Aghakhani, Metin Sitti, Daniel Razansky   +6 more
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Structure‐Based Development of Ultra‐Broad‐Spectrum 3C‐Like Protease Inhibitors

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study provides an in‐depth analysis of the substrate binding pocket of 3CLpros across all coronavirus species using bioinformatics and structural insights, revealing the critical impact of S2/S4 subsite diversity on the broad‐spectrum activity of approved therapeutics.
Haixia Su, Tianqing Nie, Guofeng Chen, Muya Xiong, Yumin Zhang, Guoqing Wu, Mengyuan You, Hang Xie, Jian He, Yanchao Xiong, Hangchen Hu, Wenfeng Zhao, Minjun Li, Gengfu Xiao, Leike Zhang, Yechun Xu   +15 more
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Transient Antiskyrmion‐Mediated Topological Transitions in Isotropic Magnets

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A transient antiskyrmion‐mediated pathway that drives repeated stripe‐to‐skyrmion transitions is revealed, producing a net increase in topological charge in isotropic Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction films. Experiments and simulations identify the antiskyrmion as a metastable excitation, enabling stochastic bitstream generation for probabilistic ...
Bingqian Dai, Tianyi Wang, Albert Lee, Shijie Xu, Zhongjian Bian, Xinyue Zhu, Puyang Huang, Aadi Chaturvedi, Yaochen Li, Yang Cheng, Qingyuan Shu, Haoran He, Hanshen Huang, Lixuan Tai, Kin Wong, Jinbo Yang, Anjan Soumyanarayanan, Zhaochu Luo, Kang L. Wang   +18 more
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Effectiveness of Multivitamins vs Folic Acid on Prevention of Neural Tube Defects in Mouse Genetic Models and Human Organoids

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Folic acid (FA) and multivitamins/minerals (MVM) are recommended for the prevention of neural tube defects (NTDs). Using a novel human neural tube‐like organoid system and mouse models, the study compares the effectiveness of two supplements on NTDs and cellular behaviors.
Huili Li, Jing Zhang, Lori Bulwith, Lee Niswander   +3 more
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