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Feline‐Inspired Robot Enabled by Combustion‐Driven Actuators for Agile Motion and High‐Payload Obstacle Traversal

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Inspired by nature's competitive maneuvers, this study introduces a combustion‐driven soft actuator that powers a multi‐modal “Jump‐and‐Fly Catbot” (JFC). With millisecond response, high‐force output (over 70 times its weight) and precise control (error within 5%), the robot can jump, fly, hover, and escape from challenging environments, achieving ...
Hongkuan Ma, Yang Yang, Zhiguo He, Hongliang Ren, Pengcheng Jiao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Membrane Engineering for Battery Systems: Bridging Design Principles and Frontier Applications

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
The review emphasizes membrane separators' role in battery performance and safety, covering redox flow, lithium‐ion, and solid‐state batteries. It reviews advances in membrane materials (e.g., polymer electrolytes, hybrid composites) and ion transport mechanisms, while addressing challenges like dendrite growth and crossover losses.
Xiaoqun Zhou, Justice Delali Akoto, Rui Tan, Jun Ma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent advances in multifunctional soft robots: A materials–structures–systems co‐design perspective for synergistic integration

FlexMat, EarlyView.
Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu, Zicao Peng, Chong Sun, Haitao Yang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overcoming Challenges in 3D Printing of Polyolefins and Their Composites: A Review on Strategies for Improved Printability and Performance

Polymer Engineering &Science, EarlyView.
This review integrates the molecular fundamentals, key challenges, and mitigation strategies in polyolefin 3D printing, focusing on shrinkage, warpage, and adhesion control. It highlights material design approaches using recycled polyolefins and functional fillers to improve printability, mechanical properties, and sustainability in additive ...
Malik Hassan, Philip McMorran, Marwan Eid, Julia Blair, Amar K. Mohanty, Manjusri Misra   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Small’ Technology, Big Power: Micropore Engineering for High‐Performance Flow Battery Membranes

Small, EarlyView.
This review systematically analyzes recent advances in redox flow batteries (RFBs) membrane separators, focusing on the shift from traditional ion‐exchange membranes to emerging functional porous membranes: Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), Metal‐Organic Frameworks (MOFs), and Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs).
Chunhua Wei, Wenbin Fan, Yue Luo, Nannan Jia, Chuzhang Hong, Jieyu Yan, Xinhua Liu, Rui Tan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Press Hardening for Sustainable Lightweight Chassis Design in Heavy‐Duty Vehicles: A Material Performance and Life Cycle Assessment Approach

steel research international, EarlyView.
The article explores how high‐strength steels and press hardening revolutionize lightweight chassis design for heavy‐duty vehicles. It reveals that press hardened steels combined with shot peening can cut weight by up to 34% and reduce environmental impact by 21%–32%.
Violeta Vargas‐Parra, Sergi Parareda, Jose Jorge Espí‐Gallart, Jaume Pujante, Gustaf Gustafsson, Henrik Sieurin, David Frómeta, Daniel Casellas   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing conservation breeding programs for marine invertebrates

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the face of ecosystem change and biodiversity loss caused by climate change and other stressors, conservation breeding, or captive breeding, with the aim of reintroduction for wild population recovery, is an emerging tool for preventing species’ extinction and rehabilitating ecosystems.
Elora H. López‐Nandam, Bart Shepherd, Kylie Lev, Rebecca Albright   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulating via Conditionality: The Instruments of the New Industrial Policy

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conditionality was a central concern in the development literature of the 1990s. With the significant expansion of targeted public support to private firms since the Great Financial Crisis, the issue of conditionality has once again become a focal point in industrial policy debates.
Fabio Bulfone, Timur Ergen, Erez Maggor
wiley   +1 more source

Fossil Hegemony and Capitalist Realism in Tropic of Orange

Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines Karen Tei Yamashita's Tropic of Orange (1997) through the lens of Mark Fisher's influential concept ‘capitalist realism’. Scholars of petrofiction have pointed to a political ambivalence in the representation of fossil fuels, where a better understanding of fossil capital can overwhelm as much as galvanize.
Claire Ravenscroft
wiley   +1 more source

Pressurized Solid Oxide Electrolysis—Operational Strategies

Fuel Cells, Volume 26, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Pressurized high‐temperature electrolysis is a promising pathway for high‐efficiency hydrogen production that enables direct compression and heat recovery opportunities not accessible to low‐temperature electrolysis. While laboratory testing is routinely conducted near atmospheric pressure, there is increasing interest in commercial deployment
Stephen Woodward, Dustin McLarty, Prashanta Dutta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source