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Next‐Generation Water Treatment With Molybdenum Disulfide: Dual‐Functionality in Pollutant Adsorption and Photocatalysis

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has attracted attention as a promising material due to the growing demand for environmentally friendly, cost‐effective, and efficient water treatment techniques. With its physicochemical characteristics, this stratified bidimensional material allows it to be highly effective in adsorption and catalytic performance ...
Pariksha Bishnoi, Gunjan Chauhan, Phil Hart, Samarjeet Singh Siwal, Vijay Kumar Thakur   +4 more
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Nature‐Derived Chitosan Biopolymer: A Promising Candidate for Sustainable Electronics

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In the creation of environmentally friendly devices, nature‐derived chitosan biopolymer is a promising contender for sustainable electronic research. It can be utilized to create more ecologically friendly scalable gadgets and has a variety of uses in different active layers of electronics.
Joshua McDonald, Ali Nawaz, Amandeep Singh, Prashant Sonar   +3 more
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
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Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests [PDF]

, 2016
There is considerable evidence that biodiversity promotes multiple ecosystem functions (multifunctionality), thus ensuring the delivery of ecosystem services important for human well-being.
Fischer, M., Gessler, Arthur, Mueller, Sandra, Castagneyrol, B., Barbaro, Luc, Wirth, C., Zavala, Miguel A, Jaroszewicz, B., Muhie Dawud, Seid, Benavides, Raquel, Coppi, A., Pollastrini, Martina, Grossiord, C., Milligan, Harriet, Coomes, D., Bussotti, Filippo, van der Plas, F., Granier, A., Allan, Eric, Bruelheide, H., Bastias, Cristina, Joly, F., Domisch, T., Baeten, Lander, Allan, E., Bauhus, Jürgen, Jucker, T., Wirth, Christian, Verheyen, Kris, Bouriaud, Oliver, Baeten, L., Dawud, Seid Muhie, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Muys, B., Granier, André, Selvi, F., Verheyen, K., Finér, L., Benneter, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Gessler, A., Milligan, H., Zielinski , D., Finér, Leena, Jactel, Hervé, Bruelheide, Helge, Hector, A., Charbonnier, Y., Stenlid, J., Bastias, Cristina C., Jactel, H., Zavala Gironés, Miguel Ángel de, Nguyen, Diem, Haettenschwiler, Stephan, Hättenschwiler, Stephan, Dawud, Seid, Berthold, Felix, Domisch, Timo, Castagneyrol, Bastien, Zavala, Miguel A., Vesterdal, Lars, Benavides, R., Bastias, C., Raulund-Rasmussen, K., Dawud, S., Müller, Sandra, Coppi, Andrea, Guyot, Virginie, Baeten, Landen, Zavala, Miguel, Muys, Bart, Zavala, Miguel Angel, Pollastrini, M., Raulund-Rasmussen, Karsten, Manning, Peter, Bastias, Cristina C, Valladares, F., Bussotti, F., Jucker, Tommaso, Koricheva, Julia, Plas, Fons van der, Nguyen, D., Joly, François-Xavier, Benneter, Adam, Bonal, D., Berthold, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Charbonnier, Yohan, Bonal, Damien, Bauhus, J., Ampoorter, E., Bauhus, Juergen, Selvi, Federico, Hector, Andy, Valladares, Fernando, Carnol, M., Coomes, David, Guyot, V., Fischer, Markus, Bastias, Christina C., Zielínski, Dawid, Wandeler, Hans De, Grossiord, Charlotte, Manning, Pete, Hättenschwiler, S., De Wandeler, Hans, Zavala, M., Carnol, Monique, Müller, S., Koricheva, J., Manning, P., Barbaro, L., Ampoorter, Evy, Stenlid, Jan, Bouriaud, O., Wandeler, H., Vesterdal, L., van der Plas, Fons, Bouriaud, Olivier   +118 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Engineering aquatic plant community composition on floating treatment wetlands can increase ecosystem multifunctionality [PDF]

Phytoremediation using floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) is an emerging nature-based solution for freshwater restoration. However, the potential to design these systems by manipulating macrophyte community composition to provide multiple ecosystem ...
Willby, Nigel, Quilliam, Richard S., Fletcher, Jonathan, Oliver, David   +3 more
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Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity [PDF]

Ecosystem functioning depends on biodiversity at multiple trophic levels, yet relationships between multitrophic diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality have been poorly explored, with studies often focusing on individual trophic levels and functions ...
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Urbanization and Spatial Aggregation Impair Multifunctionality in Urban Vacant Lots

Ecology and Evolution
Urban shrinkage, driven by population decline rather than expansion, is an emerging concern in many developed countries. This demographic shift increases the prevalence of novel green spaces, such as vacant lots, prompting interest in their potential to ...
Yuki Iwachido, Himari Katsuhara, Kaho Maehara, Mahoro Tomitaka, Kensuke Seto, Shun Nonaka, Masayuki Ushio, Maiko Kagami, Takehiro Sasaki   +8 more
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Animal Activities of the Key Herbivore Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Affect Grassland Microbial Networks and Ecosystem Functions

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) are high-altitude model animals and famous “ecosystem engineers” on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Pika activities may accelerate the degradation of alpine meadows.
Jiawei Yang, Sijie Wang, Wanghong Su, Qiaoling Yu, Xiaochen Wang, Qian Han, Yuting Zheng, Jiapeng Qu, Jiapeng Qu, Xiangzhen Li, Huan Li, Huan Li, Huan Li   +12 more
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Hydrothermal Humification of Biomass for Circular Carbon Management in Sustainable Agro‐Ecosystems

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This article provides a comprehensive overview of biomass hydrothermal humification for building sustainable agro‐ecosystems. It examines the chemical transformation mechanisms and the functional benefits of the produced humic acids in soil remediation.
Ziyun Liu, Zonglu Yao, Yuanhui Zhang, Huiyan Zhang, Lixin Zhao   +4 more
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