Xinru Zhang

Jun 24, 2024 | pubs.rsc.org | Xinru Zhang |Ning Li |Xiaojing Cui |Yu Li

Edible Temperature-Responsive-Adhesive Thermogalvanic Hydrogel for Self-Powered Multi-Sited Fatigue Surveillance Most traffic accidents are caused by fatigue driving, so achieving effective monitoring of fatigue status is particularly important. However, current surveilling methods mainly rely on complex biosensors that lack of independence from power supply and adaptive adhesion, and have a risk of ingestion, especially for infants.

Feb 28, 2024 | nature.com | Bo Xia |Weimin Zhang |Xinru Zhang |Ran Brosh |Aleksandra Wudzinska |Yu Zhao | +2 more

AbstractThe loss of the tail is among the most notable anatomical changes to have occurred along the evolutionary lineage leading to humans and to the ‘anthropomorphous apes’1,2,3, with a proposed role in contributing to human bipedalism4,5,6. Yet, the genetic mechanism that facilitated tail-loss evolution in hominoids remains unknown. Here we present evidence that an individual insertion of an Alu element in the genome of the hominoid ancestor may have contributed to tail-loss evolution.