Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus nippon) suppress clutter noise through echolocation frequency control to detect prey. [PDF]
Yoshida S +3 more
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Spectral Condensing of All‐Dielectric Structural Colors via Cascaded Formation of Self‐Similar Beams
Standalone low‐index microscale ridges (MRs) are promising platforms for all‐dielectric structural color generation. They are compact and easy to fabricate, but their color purity trails behind that of resonator‐ or periodic pattern‐based structural color pixels.
Rabiul Islam Sikder, Jaeyoun Kim
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Engineering design of platelet-mimicking therapeutic systems: multilevel biomimicry, gating strategies, and translational boundaries. [PDF]
Chen J, Chen X, Cai L.
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Micromachined Double‐Membrane Mechanically Tunable Metamaterial for Thermal Infrared Filtering
Herein, a mechanically tunable double‐layer plasmonic metamaterial leveraging the extraordinary optical transmission effect observed in subwavelength arrays of openings within thin metal layers is presented. The concept is experimentally validated by integrating the proposed metamaterial structure into an electrostatic parallel‐plate actuator to create
Oleg Bannik +7 more
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Energy and daylighting trade-offs in residential window design: multi-objective optimization for hot-arid regions. [PDF]
Ramezani M +3 more
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu +5 more
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Tumbling Magnetic Microrobots for Targeted In Vivo Drug Delivery in the GI Tract
We introduce a microrobot design and integrated system for on‐demand targeted drug release in the gastrointestinal tract. The microrobot has an embedded magnet for actuation with external magnetic fields and is visualized in real time using ultrasound. It has two drug release ports sealed with a thermally sensitive wax. Local heating of the wax using a
Aaron C. Davis +7 more
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Closed-loop Control of Steerable Balloon Endoscopes for Robot-assisted Transcatheter Intracardiac Procedures. [PDF]
McCandless M +4 more
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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 +2 more
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3D Perception-Based Adaptive Point Cloud Simplification and Slicing for Soil Compaction Pit Volume Calculation. [PDF]
Han C, Wei J, Shen T, Guo C.
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