The rising interest in soft robotics, combined to the increasing applications in the space industry, leads to the development of novel lightweight and deployable robotic systems, that could be easily contained in a relatively small package to be deployed when required.The main challenges for soft robotic systems are the low force exertion and the c
Although repeated contact with nature helps foster mental and physical health among pride sundancer scooter young people, their contact with nature has been diminishing over the last few decades.Also, low-income and ethnic minority children have even less contact with nature than white middle-income children.In this study, we compared accessibility
Sparing zones from mowing has been proposed, and applied, to improve local conditions for survival and reproduction of insects in hay meadows.However, little is known about the efficiency of refuge zones and the consequences for local populations.We studied population densities of butterflies before and after mowing in the refuge zone of 15 meadows
Storm events and accompanying heavy rain endanger the silty soils of the fertile and intensively-used agricultural landscape of the Saxon loess province in the European loess belt.In late spring 2016, persistent weather conditions with repeated and numerous storm events triggered flash floods, landslides, and mud flows, and caused severe devastatio