Challenges and opportunities for innovation in bioinformed sustainable materials

D Stuart-Fox, L Ng, L Barner, ATD Bennett… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Nature provides a rich source of information for the design of novel materials; yet there
remain significant challenges in the design and manufacture of materials that replicate the …

Dispersion-assisted high-dimensional photodetector

Y Fan, W Huang, F Zhu, X Liu, C Jin, C Guo, Y An… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Intensity, polarization and wavelength are intrinsic characteristics of light. Characterizing
light with arbitrarily mixed information on polarization and spectrum is in high demand …

[HTML][HTML] One in five butterfly species sold online across borders

Z Wang, WP Chan, NT Pham, J Zeng, NE Pierce… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Humankind's appreciation for butterflies spans cultures and millennia, including the practice
of assembling butterfly collections. We monitored the global e-commerce platform eBay. com …

Accelerating ocean species discovery and laying the foundations for the future of marine biodiversity research and monitoring

AD Rogers, H Appiah-Madson, JA Ardron… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ocean Census is a new Large-Scale Strategic Science Mission aimed at accelerating the
discovery and description of marine species. This mission addresses the knowledge gap of …

Rapid species discrimination of similar insects using hyperspectral imaging and lightweight edge artificial intelligence

X Wang, Z Ma, Y Xing, T Peng… - Royal Society …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Species discrimination of insects is an important aspect of ecology and biodiversity
research. The traditional methods based on human visual experience and biochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Single-metalens-assisted polarization imaging and edge detection for target recognition

Y Fan, C Jin, J Yang, F Zhu, W Li - Applied Physics Letters, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Simultaneous capture of various light information, including polarization and edge
information of the objects, has consistently been a fundamental concern within the field of …

Selection on size has generated distinctive paired wing flight systems for butterfly flight and migration

RR Childers, L Cai, S Chowdhury, J Crall, M Cornwall… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Butterfly migration across great distances is testimony to their impressive aeronautical skills.
Wing size and shape are two key determinants of flight performance, and in butterflies, the …