It's not a bug, it's a feature: functional materials in insects

TBH Schroeder, J Houghtaling, BD Wilts… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Over the course of their wildly successful proliferation across the earth, the insects as a
taxon have evolved enviable adaptations to their diverse habitats, which include adhesives …

Standard methods for Apis mellifera beeswax research

L Svečnjak, LA Chesson, A Gallina… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Due to its multifunctional and complex role in the honey bee colony functioning and health
(construction material allowing food storage, brood rearing, thermoregulation, mediation in …

A review on 3D architected pyrolytic carbon produced by additive micro/nanomanufacturing

YM Eggeler, KC Chan, Q Sun… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Additive micro/nano‐manufacturing of polymeric precursors combining with a subsequent
pyrolysis step enables the design‐controlled fabrication of micro/nano‐architected 3D …

Imperfect comb construction reveals the architectural abilities of honeybees

ML Smith, N Napp, KH Petersen - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Honeybees are renowned for their perfectly hexagonal honeycomb, hailed as the pinnacle
of biological architecture for its ability to maximize storage area while minimizing building …

Unraveling the Mechanisms of the Apis mellifera Honeycomb Construction by 4D X‐ray Microscopy

R Franklin, S Niverty, BA Harpur… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Honeycomb is one of nature's best engineered structures. Even though it has inspired
several modern engineering structures, an understanding of the process by which the …

[HTML][HTML] New viscoelastic circular cell honeycombs for controlling shear and compressive responses in oblique impacts

FF Abayazid, D Carpanen, M Ghajari - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cellular structures such as honeycombs are used to manage impact loads in many
engineering applications, where often the impact load is oblique (non-axial). Although these …

ApisRAM Formal Model Description

X Duan, D Wallis, F Hatjina… - EFSA Supporting …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ApisRAM model is an agent‐based colony model for honey bees in which each bee is
modelled as an individual agent. The behaviour of the colony emerges from the decisions …

The creative lives of animals

C Gigliotti - The Creative Lives of Animals, 2022 - degruyter.com
Most of us view animals through a very narrow lens, seeing only bits and pieces of beings
that seem mostly peripheral to our lives. However, whether animals are building a shelter …

Broadband low-frequency bidimensional honeycomb lattice metastructure based on the coupling of subwavelength resonators

D Ramos, L Godinho, P Amado-Mendes, P Mareze - Applied Acoustics, 2022 - Elsevier
The development and application of noise control strategies have been recently the focus of
attention by several researchers. In the present study, the authors develop a thin low …

World population growth over millennia: Ancient and present phases with a temporary halt in-between

R Taagepera, M Nemčok - The Anthropocene Review, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Enormous growth of the world population during the last two centuries and its present
slowing down pose questions about precedents in history and broader forces shaping the …