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Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Cross-disciplinary research at the interface between the physical and life sciences. This is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal.
<p>Uncovering deep signatures of music and cultural evolution. See the article “Latent evolutionary signatures: a general framework for analysing music and cultural evolution” by Jonathan Warrell <i>et al</i>., published in <i>J. R. Soc. Interface</i>. (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0647">https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0647</a>).</p>

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Professor Richard Cogdell FRS
Impact factor: 3.9
CiteScore: 7.2
Frequency: Monthly
ISSN (Online):1742-5662

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The role of hydrodynamics in collective motions of fish schools and bioinspired underwater robots

Collective behaviour defines the lives of many animal species on the Earth. Underwater swarms span several orders of magnitude in size, from coral larvae and krill to tunas and dolphins. Agent-based algorithms have modelled collective movements of animal ...Read more
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The hydrodynamics and kinematics of the appendicularian tail underpin peristaltic pumping

Planktonic organisms feed while suspended in water using various hydrodynamic pumping strategies. Appendicularians are a unique group of plankton that use their tail to pump water over mucous mesh filters to concentrate food particles. As ubiquitous and ...Read more
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Strong attachment as an adaptation of flightless weevils on windy oceanic islands

Enhanced attachment ability is common in plants on islands to avoid potential fatal passive dispersal. However, whether island insects also have increased attachment ability remains unclear. Here we measured the attachment of a flightless weevil, ...Read more
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Rapid and reversible humidity-dependent colour change by water film formation in a scaled springtail

Colour is often not a static trait but can change over time either through biotic or abiotic factors. Humidity-dependent colour change can occur through either morphological change (e.g. to feather barbules in birds) or by the replacement of air by water ...Read more

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Journal of the Royal Society Interface

J. R. Soc. Interface welcomes articles of high quality research at the interface of the physical and life sciences. It provides a high-quality forum to publish rapidly and interact across this boundary in two main ways: J. R. Soc. Interface publishes research applying chemistry, engineering, materials science, mathematics and physics to the biological and medical sciences.

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