Category: Locomotion, Feeding, and Support Systems
The Innovative Structural and Physical Properties of Radiolaria
protist, silica skeletons, buoyancy and specific gravity control, photosymbiosis, optical properties, photonics
Vicky Barré, Liora Benzecry, Rhiannon Butler, Valerie Hung
Analysis of the Survival Mechanisms of Hydra
Survival mechanisms, photoreception, nematocyst, photobehaviour, surface attachment and detachment, spring-like behaviour and responses
Jessica Coulson, Magnus Duffy, Ruolin Hu, Shilong Zheng
The Physical Adaptations Underlying the Tardigrade’s Resistance to Extreme Environmental Conditions
Tardigrades, microorganism anatomy, mechanical strength, protein function, thermoresistance
Luccia Jabbour, Eden Karp-Foster, Jeremy Lachance, Wadi Zahka
Mathematical Models of Diatoms: Understanding Their Complex Shape, Reproduction and Chain Formation
Diatoms, geometry, Gielis formula, structural functionality, fractals
Peter Matthews-Crochetiere, Daniel Ibrahim, Wenan Liao, Cedric Mackay
Life-Sustaining Processes of the Diatom
Diatoms, life cycles, biomineralization, reproduction, reactive oxygen species, biochemistry
Peter Matthews-Crochetiere, Daniel Ibrahim, Wenan Liao, Cedric Mackay
Frustules: Design solutions in Diatoms
Diatoms, frustules, elasticity, light properties, buoyancy
Peter Matthews-Crochetiere, Daniel Ibrahim, Wenan Liao, Cedric Mackay
The Physical Properties of Fats in Mammals
Fats, adipose tissue, hibernation, blubber, mechanical models
Milana Farah, Josh Negenman, Michelle Sayeh, Edward Tong
How mathematics governs the nature of tentacles
Tentacles, muscles, simulations, geometry, cylinders, flagella
Yousif Al Shajlawi, Henry Bain, Charles Barakett, Julianna Bede
Speed, Sense, and Strike: The Biochemistry of Tentacles and their Chemical Interactions with the Environment
Tentacles, muscle tissue, suction, regeneration, sensing, signal propagation
Yousif Al Shajlawi, Henry Bain, Charles Barakett, Julianna Bede
Mathematical Space-Filling Models and Applications in Adipose Tissue
Adipose tissue, fat, space-filling models, tiling, packing, lipid droplets
Josh Negenman, Milana Farah, Michelle Sayeh, Edward Tong
A Mathematical Analysis of Animal Horns
Horns, evolution, computational analysis, asymmetry, helices, 3D modelling
Lily Trestan, Rachel Jung, Toufic Jrab, Victor Novakov
A Chemical Perspective on the Carapace
Carapace, biochemistry, tissue composition, molting, pigmentation
Elisabeth Lawton, Emma Geoffroy, Osandi Hewage, Yitao Sun