Category: Scavenging

Propulsion Through the Life of Salps 

Salps; Jet propulsion; Filter feeding; Asynchronous swimming; Epithelial signalling; Carbon cycling; Vortex rings; Chain aggregation; Ocean carbon sequestration

Steven Lin, Stephanie Roy, Daniel Tang, Canyu Wu, Mollee Ye

Tunnel Vision: The Naked Mole Rat’s Extended Phenotype 

Naked mole rat, Subterranean environment, Extended phenotype, Energy efficiency, Cardiovascular biomechanics, Thermoregulation, Evolutionary adaptation, Sensory systems, Hypoxia tolerance

Clayton Dame, David Bensemana, Lana Habhab, Min Seo Song

The Mechanics of Worker Ants 

Ants, Biomechanics, Aggregation

Jung Hao Cau, Luciana Chambilla Pastor, Fatima Janneh, Ya Lin

Exploring Aquatic Fungi Through Mathematical Tools

Aquatic fungi, mathematical models, population modeling, decomposition, bioremediation

Izabela Junqueira Magalhaes, Kristina Kerkelova, Ruizhi Liu, Yasmine Sadr Kaufmann

The Mechanics and Rates of Organic Matter Decomposition

Decomposition and Degradation, Chemotaxis, Collective Feeding, Organic Matter, Photodegradation, Bacteria, Climate Change

Graeme McDougall, Jeongbin Shin, Mona Wang, Ritchie Yu