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Seed Wings Optimize the Regulation of Temperature and Light on Smith Fir Seed Germination Timing. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Li Y, Yang Z, Yan Q, Wang G, Shi S, Li J, Peng P.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Boosting Photo‐Pyroelectric Effect via Tunable Polarization and Interfacial Defect Engineering

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reports Ba(Ti0.85Zr0.15)O3 nanocatalysts with enhanced polarization and oxygen‐vacancy‐rich interfaces for efficient NIR‐II photo‐pyroelectric therapy. Zr doping boosts the pyroelectric coefficient and accelerates polarization switching, while oxygen vacancies improve photothermal conversion and surface reactivity.
Yanli Huang, Haifen Luo, Jie Yin, Shuai Cao, Gaolei Dong, Zhi Tan, Chunlin Zhao, Peiye Wen, Fengwei Sun, Shan Zhang, Xianzeng Zhang, Yunlu Dai, Zhen Yang, Wei Huang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phenotypic plasticity, heritability, and genotype-by-environment interactions in an insect dispersal polymorphism. [PDF]

BMC Ecol Evol
Cabon L, Varma M, Winter G, Ebeling A, Schielzeth H.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Combining the Pitcher and Lotus Plant: Supericephobic and Superhydrophobic Silicone Films

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Based on bench‐top nanomolding of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with optimized silicone oil content, we developed hierarchically structured silicone films by essentially combining the properties of the lotus and pitcher plant; particularly we are able to achieve water contact angle as high as 171° and ice adhesion strength as low as 11.5 kPa (i.e ...
Cliff L. W. Ng, Joshua Ham, Sanpreet Kaur, Clayton W. Schultz, Hua‐Zhong Yu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stroke Asymmetry in Bird Wing Dynamics During Flight from Video Data. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Leontiuk V, Kastalskiy I, Khalid W, Kazantsev VB.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The dissection of tsetse flies [PDF]

, 2015
Bila, Céné, Bouyer, Jérémy, Desquesnes, Marc, Guerrini, Laure, Yoni, Wilfrid   +4 more
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Geometry Dictates Neuronal Bursting via Calcium Store Refill Rates and Exposes Selective Neuronal Vulnerability

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The ER's continuous tubular network is maintained by ER‐shaping proteins whose mutation or dysregulation contributes to neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we show that ER morphology sets the speed of Ca2+ store replenishment between firing events. Disrupting ER continuity slows intra‐ER Ca2+ redistribution from extracellular refill (SOCE) sites, driving
Valentina Davi, Pierre Parutto, Yuyi Zhang, Tasuku Konno, Cecile Crapart, Raquel Pereira, John P. Franklin, Mosab Ali Awadelkareem, Daniel C Maddison, Michael J. Devine, Edgar R. Gomes, Joseph Chambers, Elena Koslover, Edward Avezov   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolutionary constraints shape the diversity of microinsects' wing morphology. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci
Białkowski J, Gohli J, Rossa R, Ziemiakowicz A, Goczał J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hierarchical Artificial Muscle with Nonlinear Elasticity for Antagonistic and Cyclic Robotics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We construct hierarchical muscles by plying nylon fibers around a heating wire. The hierarchical muscle shows a J‐shaped passive curve, which shows benefit in antagonistic muscle pair and work accumulation mechanism. We also develop a computational, first‐principle model to understand the physics of both active actuation stroke and passive J‐curve ...
Samuel Tsai, Liuyang Cheng, Ali Albazroun, Qiong Wang, Jeongmin Kim, Arman Tekinalp, Soonwook Kim, Charlie Simcox, Ryne Downing, Vagish Sivaramakrishnan, Grace Carsello, Miles Bimrose, Wonsik Eom, William P. King, Mattia Gazzola, Sameh Tawfick   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural dynamics and neural representation of wing deformation. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Yarger AM, Maeda M, Siwanowicz I, Kajiyama H, Walker SM, Bomphrey RJ, Lin HT.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source