Category: UV
The Physics of Foraminifera
Environmental pressure, reproductive strategy, vertical migration, strength rigidity and elasticity, pseudopodia, tests or shell geometry, openings
Carolyn Denton, Emma Bussiéres, Rachel Jiang, Reno Thompson
The Biochemical Nature of Cyanobacteria
Nitrogen fixation, oxidative stress, bacteria, homeostasis, DNA repair, defense mechanism, carbon dioxide capture
Max Bai, Sierra Bushey, Maria Delgopiatof, Valerie Syme
A Physical Analysis of Magnetotactic Bacteria: Nature’s Microscopic Compass as a Solution to a Motile Biotope
Magnetotactic bacteria, phototaxis, aerotaxis, sensing, fluid dynamics, swimming
Alex Gagnon, Catriona Kirk, Jason Li, Sofian Martinais
Frustules: Design solutions in Diatoms
Diatoms, frustules, elasticity, light properties, buoyancy
Peter Matthews-Crochetiere, Daniel Ibrahim, Wenan Liao, Cedric Mackay
Numerical Modeling of Butterfly Scale Structure and a Few of its Physical Properties
Numerical Modeling, Structural Coloration, Reflectance, Fourier Transform, Butterfly, Hydrophobic, Thin Film Optics
Eve Barrette-Vanasse, Anne Laurin, Rus Trana, Jun Xiao
Superpowers in the Animal Kingdom
Sensory Adaptation and Systems, Echolocation, UV (Vision), Magnetism, Electroreception, Sharks, Bats, Fish
Yaman Al Janaideh, David Bettan, Kaitlyn Cribb, Vanessa Piché
Masters of Camouflage: Mechanisms of Dynamic Skin Colouration in Cephalopods
Camouflage, Predator-Prey, Molluscs, Nervous System, Light Absorption/Refraction, Bioluminescence, Biomechanics
Christopher Coluni, John Eric Hamilton, Olivia Lopardo, Olivier Morin
Courtship and Mating: the Physics of Sexual Dimorphism and its Evolutionary Function
Reproduction, Dimorphism, Evolution, Optics, Bioluminescence, Biomechanics, Courtship and Mating
Liam Fetherstonhaugh, Joseph Grotsky, Chloe Jacquet, Samuel Nidelli