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Aerodynamics and motor control of ultrasonic vocalizations for social communication in mice and rats
BackgroundRodent ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) are crucial to their social communication and a widely used translational tool for linking gene...
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Predicting 3D soft tissue dynamics from 2D imaging using physics informed neural networks
Tissue dynamics play critical roles in many physiological functions and provide important metrics for clinical diagnosis. Capturing real-time...
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Aerodynamics and the role of the earth’s electric field in the spiders’ ballooning flight
Some spiders aerially disperse relying on their fine fibres. This behaviour has been known as ‘ballooning’. Observations on the ballooning behaviour...
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The impact of shape and attachment position of biologging devices in Northern Bald Ibises
BackgroundThe impact of biologging devices on the aerodynamics or hydrodynamics of animals is still poorly understood. This stands in marked contrast...
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Flow development and leading edge vorticity in bristled insect wings
Small flying insects such as the tiny thrip Gynaikothrips ficorum have wings with bristles attached to a solid shaft instead of solid membranes. Air...
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Scientific and technical challenges for systems biology
Systems biology is an emergent discipline, yet can be rooted back almost a century when pioneering thoughts on system-oriented views were discussed....
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Tensile mechanical properties and finite element simulation of the wings of the butterfly Tirumala limniace
This study examined the morphological characteristics and mechanical properties of the wings of Tirumala limniace . The wings of this butterfly,...
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Advanced Computational Tools for Enhanced Food Quality and Safety
Food quality and safety issues demand improved food-processing innovations to make the food supply chain safer with better traceability and...
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Multi-modal locomotor costs favor smaller males in a sexually dimorphic leaf-mimicking insect
BackgroundIn most arthropods, adult females are larger than males, and male competition is a race to quickly locate and mate with scattered females...
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Insects in Research and Innovation
Technological accomplishments of mankind are the most defining features of the modern age as they underscore the intellectual supremacy of human...
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Convergence in Gliding Animals: Morphology, Behavior, and Mechanics
Gliding locomotion has convergently evolved in multiple vertebrate and invertebrate taxa, spanning terrestrial and aquatic animals. The selective...
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Drone-Based Intelligent Spraying of Pesticides: Current Challenges and Its Future Prospects
With the advancement in drone technology over the past few years, drones have become an essential component of modern agriculture. Beginning with the...
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Effects of Miniaturization on Wing Structure and Flight Mechanics in Insects
AbstractMiniaturization is one of the principal trends in the evolution of winged insects (Pterygota), in many groups of which miniature forms with...
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Vegetation’s influence on fire behavior goes beyond just being fuel
BackgroundThe structure and function of fire-prone ecosystems are influenced by many interacting processes that develop over varying time scales....
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The Energetics and Biomechanics of Walking and Running
This chapter is on walking and running, the present knowledge of which is due essentially to the School of Milano. After a short historical synopsis,...
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Novel Technologies and Eco-Friendly Lifestyle for Sustainable Cities
History of human progress can be well understood by ancient civilizations. In ancient Egypt, the pyramids were designed and built according to the...
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Urban Sustainability and Resilience Building: Blue-Green Infrastructure for Air Pollution Abatement and Realizing Multiple Co-benefits
Sustainable Development Goal 11 (sustainable cities and communities) is important to be localized and achieved due to increasing urbanization across...
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Complex plasma research under microgravity conditions
The future of complex plasma research under microgravity condition, in particular on the International Space Station ISS, is discussed. First, the...
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The incomparable fascination of comparative physiology: 40 years with animals in the field and laboratory
This paper is not meant to be a review article. Instead, it gives an overview of the major research projects that the author, together with his...
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“Phoenix in Flight”: an unique fruit morphology ensures wind dispersal of seeds of the phoenix tree (Firmiana simplex (L.) W. Wight)
BackgroundMany seed plants produce winged diaspores that use wind to disperse their seeds. The morphology of these diaspores is directly related to...
