Within the project "Bio-inspirierte elastische Materialsysteme und Verbundkomponenten für nachhaltiges Bauen im 21ten Jahrhundert", which was funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Wuerttemberg, two new papers were published in Advanced Science under co-authorship of Rebecca Thierer, Renate Sachse and Manfred Bischoff :
"Smooth or with a Snap! Biomechanics of Trap Reopening in the Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)"
Grażyna M. Durak, Rebecca Thierer, Renate Sachse, Manfred Bischoff, Thomas Speck, Simon Poppinga
https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202201362
"The Structural and Mechanical Basis for Passive-Hydraulic Pine Cone Actuation" Carmen J. Eger, Martin Horstmann, Simon Poppinga, Renate Sachse, Rebecca Thierer, Nikolaus Nestle, Bernd Bruchmann, Thomas Speck, Manfred Bischoff, Jürgen Rühe
https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202200458