Evolution of a Model System: New Insights from the Study of Anolis Lizards

MM Muñoz, LO Frishkoff, J Pruett… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Following decades of intensive study, Anolis lizards have emerged as a biological model
system. We review how new research on anoles has advanced our understanding of …

High Power‐and Energy‐Density Supercapacitors through the Chlorine Respiration Mechanism

X Fan, K Huang, L Chen, H You, M Yao… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Supercapacitor represents an important electrical energy storage technology with high‐
power performance and superior cyclability. However, currently commercialized …

Magnetically responsive manipulation of droplets and bubbles

S Jiang, D Wu, J Li, J Chu, Y Hu - Droplet, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Droplets and bubbles have a wide range of applications in industry, agriculture, and daily
life, and their controllable manipulation is of significant scientific and technological …

Coupled bionic drag-reducing surface covered by conical protrusions and elastic layer inspired from pufferfish skin

X Feng, D Fan, G Tian, Y Zhang - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Inspired by the drag-reducing properties of the cone-like spines and elastic layer covering
the pufferfish skin, important efforts are underway to establish rational multiple drag …

Controllable bubble transport on bioinspired heteromorphic magnetically steerable microcilia

Y Wang, L Zhang, W Du, X Zhou, Y Guo… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Controllable transport of underwater gas bubbles is essential in various fields such as gas
energy, drug delivery, and heat transfer. Although anisotropic structures are used to …

Insect-inspired breathing interfaces: investigating robustness of coating-free gas entrapping microtextured surfaces under pressure cycles

S Arunachalam, MS Sadullah, H Mishra - Communications Engineering, 2024 - nature.com
Numerous natural and engineering scenarios necessitate the entrapment of air pockets or
bubbles on submerged surfaces. Current technologies for bubble entrapment rely on …

Novel rebreathing adaptation extends dive time in a semi-aquatic lizard

L Swierk - Biology Letters, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Bubble use evolved in many small invertebrates to enable underwater respiration, but, until
recently, there has been no evidence that vertebrate animals use bubbles in a similar …

Convergent evolution of skin surface microarchitecture and increased skin hydrophobicity in semi-aquatic anole lizards

S Baeckens, M Temmerman, SN Gorb… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Animals that habitually cross the boundary between water and land face specific challenges
with respect to locomotion, respiration, insulation, fouling and waterproofing. Many semi …

Diving behavior in semi-aquatic Anolis lizards results in heat loss with sex-specific cooling tolerance

AM Martin, CK Boccia, L Swierk - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2024 - Springer
Males and females often differ in use of antipredator behaviors, particularly when
antipredator behavior comes at the cost of missed mating opportunities or territory defense …

Acute hypoxia exposure rapidly triggers behavioral changes linked to cutaneous gas exchange in Lake Titicaca frogs

J De Padova, NK Anderson, R Halbauer… - Behavioural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ventilation is critical to animal life—it ensures that individuals move air/water across their
respiratory surface, and thus it sustains gas exchange with the environment. Many species …