Honeybee comb-inspired stiffness gradient-amplified catapult for solid particle repellency

Autonomous self-burying seed carriers for aerial seeding

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Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees

(2023) Shihao Dong et al.   SCIENCE

Engineered jumpers overcome biological limits via work multiplication

(2022) Elliot W. Hawkes et al.   NATURE

The survival consequences of grooming in the honey bee Apis mellifera

(2022) A. M. Foose et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Crystallography of honeycomb formation under geometric frustration

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A controllable dual-catapult system inspired by the biomechanics of the dragonfly larvae’s predatory strike

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Essential role of papillae flexibility in nectar capture by bees

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Influence of Pollen on Solar Photovoltaic Energy: Literature Review and Experimental Testing with Pollen

(2020) Carlos Sanz Saiz et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

How Can Interfacial Phenomena in Nature Inspire Smaller Robots

(2020) David Feldmann et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Beyond power amplification: latch-mediated spring actuation is an emerging framework for the study of diverse elastic systems

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Attachment-based mechanisms underlying capture and release of pollen grains

(2019) Shuto Ito et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Self-propelling droplets on fibres subject to a crosswind

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Cuticle sclerotization determines the difference between the elastic moduli of locust tibiae

(2019) Chuchu Li et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems

(2018) Mark Ilton et al.   SCIENCE

Both stiff and compliant: morphological and biomechanical adaptations of stick insect antennae for tactile exploration

(2018) H. Rajabi et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Structure and biomechanics of the antennal grooming mechanism in the southern green stink bug Nezara viridula

(2018) Manuela Rebora et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Electrostatic force distribution on an electrodynamic screen

(2016) Arash Sayyah et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTROSTATICS

Functional morphology and efficiency of the antenna cleaner inCamponotus rufifemurants

(2015) Alexander Hackmann et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Fibrillar adhesion with no clusterisation: Functional significance of material gradient along adhesive setae of insects

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Bacteria can exploit a flagellar buckling instability to change direction

(2013) Kwangmin Son et al.   Nature Physics

Self-cleaning of superhydrophobic surfaces by self-propelled jumping condensate

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Evidence for a material gradient in the adhesive tarsal setae of the ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata

(2013) Henrik Peisker et al.   Nature Communications

Soft Robotics: A Perspective—Current Trends and Prospects for the Future

(2013) Carmel Majidi   Soft Robotics

The Fern Sporangium: A Unique Catapult

(2012) X. Noblin et al.   SCIENCE

Detailed three-dimensional visualization of resilin in the exoskeleton of arthropods using confocal laser scanning microscopy

(2011) J. MICHELS et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY

Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

(2011) Tak-Sing Wong et al.   NATURE

Stop Signals Provide Cross Inhibition in Collective Decision-Making by Honeybee Swarms

(2011) T. D. Seeley et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanical modelling of multifilament twisted yarns

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Surface tension propulsion of fungal spores

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