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New publication: "Signal and Worker: How Proteins Activate Electrons"

Proteins aren't passive — they're programmable phonon sources, tuned by evolution to guide electrons. The paper reveals that photosynthesis & light-induced superconductivity share the same Signal-Worker architecture, and extracts design rules for room-temperature quantum metamaterials.

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20329448

#QuantumBiology #Photosynthesis #Superconductivity #MaterialsScience #BioInspired #Physics #Research

Signal and Worker: How Proteins Activate Electrons

Proteins are the master choreographers of electron activation in biological systems. This document presents the Signal-Worker ontology — a framework in which bosons (photons/phonons) act as informational signals and fermions (electrons/excitons) perform chemical work — and shows how the protein scaffold functions as a programmable phonon source. Drawing on photosynthesis, respiration, oxidoreductases, and metalloproteins, we demonstrate that biological electron activation operates through Environment-Assisted Quantum Transport (ENAQT) and manifests an isomorphism with Floquet-engineered superconductivity. Design rules for bio-inspired room-temperature quantum metamaterials are derived from the analysis.

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Robot Talk May 6

What can we learn from the tiny brains of insects to improve robot navigation? 🤖 🐝 🐜

In the latest episode, I chatted to Prof. Andrew Philippides from the University of Sussex about #robot algorithms inspired by ants and bees.

Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod

#Robotics #BioInspired #AI

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Robot Talk May 1

Here's a photo of a mecannum robot with panoramic camera, which Andy uses to test ant-inspired navigation algorithms.

Find out more by listening to Episode 154 of Robot Talk - available on all major podcast providers: https://linktr.ee/robottalkpod

#Robots #Robotics #BioInspired #MachineLearning

Robot Talk May 1

📢 New Episode Alert!

This week, I chatted to Prof. Andrew Philippides from the University of Sussex about what we can learn from ants and bees to improve robot navigation. 🤖 🐝 🐜

Listen now: https://www.robottalk.org/2026/05/01/episode-154-andrew-philippides/ #Robots #Robotics #BioInspired #AI

Federico Visi Apr 13

About two inspiring weeks at CASCB in Konstanz — fireflies, bats, bees, meerkats, and swarm intelligence. All feeding into new algorithms for musical co-improvisation. Next artistic residency: IRCAM, Paris. #Musikfonds #AI #Music #bioinspired @uni-konstanz.de

https://www.federicovisi.com/residency-at-the-centre-for-the-advanced-study-of-collective-behaviour/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

sayzard Mar 29

fly51fly (@fly51fly)

생물학적 탐색 기법을 활용해 고전 중국어 기반의 jailbreak 프롬프트를 최적화하는 연구입니다. 특이한 언어 환경에서도 LLM 우회 공격이 가능함을 보여주며, 프롬프트 보안과 안전성 평가에 중요한 의미가 있습니다.

https://x.com/fly51fly/status/2038024453985288584

#jailbreak #promptoptimization #llmsecurity #research #bioinspired

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[CL] Obscure but Effective: Classical Chinese Jailbreak Prompt Optimization via Bio-Inspired Search X Huang, S Qin, X Jia, R Duan… [Nanyang Technological University & Northeast University & Renmin University of China] (2026) https://t.co/t0b3EuX1iH

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Science Newsroom - FSE - UG Mar 25

🦭Why do seals "whisk" their whiskers?

New research by PhD student Chinmay Gupta, Prof. Ajay Kottapalli and team @rug.nl shows that active whisking improves sensing, helping seals accurately follow underwater trails.🌊

🧪 #SciComm #sciencealert #ScienceNewsroom #bioinspired #biomedical #engineering #mechanics #technology #biology #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

Robot Talk Mar 10

Curious about #robots inspired by insects? 🤖

Later this season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Andrew Philippides from the University of Sussex about what we can learn from ants and bees to improve robot navigation.

Send me your questions for Andy in the comments below or on the Robot Talk website: robottalk.org/ask-a-question/

#Robotics #BioInspired

Robot Talk Feb 14

#ICYMI: Last month, I chatted to Dr. Amir Patel from University College London about bio-inspired #robot movement.

Catch up here 🎧 - https://www.robottalk.org/2026/01/16/episode-140-amir-patel/ or wherever you get your podcasts!

#Robots #Robotics #BioInspired #Environment #Wildlife

sayzard Feb 10

Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon)

Festo의 'From Fins to Wings' 생체모방 공학 프로젝트를 소개하는 글로, 물고기 지느러미와 날개의 생체구조를 모사한 로봇 공학 데모와 함께 머신러닝·인공지능 기반 움직임 제어·혁신적 설계 가능성을 조명한다. 작성자는 Lukas M. Ziegler로, 로보틱스와 생체모방 엔지니어링의 응용 사례를 보여준다.

https://x.com/Ronald_vanLoon/status/2020804646558674967

#robotics #machinelearning #bioinspired #innovation

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From Fins to Wings: Festo’s Bio-Inspired Engineering in Motion by @lukas_m_ziegler #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #MI #Innovation

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