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Emergent Motility of Self‐Organized Particle‐Giant Unilamellar Vesicle Assembly

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), when combined with silica particles under alternating electric fields, spontaneously self‐assemble into motile structures. Asymmetric particle decoration induces fluid flows that propel the assemblies, enabling persistent motion and reversible control.
Selcan Karaz, Gaurav Gardi, Mertcan Han, Saadet Fatma Baltaci, Mukrime Birgul Akolpoglu, Metin Sitti   +5 more
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New Technologies for Sustainable Urban Transport in Europe [PDF]

, 2006
In the past few years, the European Commission has financed several projects to examine how new technologies could improve the sustainability of European cities. These technologies concern new public transportation modes such as guided buses to form high
Parent, Michel
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Historical parallels, Ebola virus disease and cholera: understanding community distrust and social violence with epidemics [PDF]

, 2016
In the three West African countries most affected by the recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, resistance to public health measures contributed to the startling speed and persistence of this epidemic in the region.
Cohn, Samuel, Kutalek, Ruth
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Artificial Symbiosis for Bulk Production of Bacterial Cellulose Composites

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Co‐cultivation of the cellulose‐producing bacterium with the microalga enables bulk formation of bacterial cellulose under static incubation, with photosynthetically active oxygen‐generating sites throughout the medium. This symbiotic platform supports 3D cellulosic constructs with geometries dictated by the vessel shape.
Kui Yu, Sing Teng Chua, Ran Zhao, Alyssa Smith, Michael Kühl, Alison G. Smith, Tom Ellis, Silvia Vignolini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiphysics‐Driven Assembly of Biomimetic Vesicles

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Artificial extracellular vesicles, derived from cell membranes, are manufactured using a multiphysics‐integrated microfluidic platform that combines nanoknife membrane rupture, herringbone chaotic mixing, and acoustothermal modulation. This standardizable workflow enables the predictable control of vesicle formation and therapeutic loading, while ...
Timofei Solodko, Ian Gimino, Aastha Chandiwala, Bayan Alkotoub, Ali Bashiri Dezfouli, Heiko Reith, Asjad Bakhtiar, Rojda Hicsanmaz, Johann Brenner, Christoph J. O. Kaiser, Elena Belli, Shilpi Pandey, Samuel D. Rabkin, Kornelius Nielsch, Gabriele Multhoff, Oliver Hayden, Morteza Hasanzadeh Kafshgari   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecosystem‐Centered Robot Design: Toward Ecoresorbable Sustainability Robots (ESRs)

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Robots exploring natural ecosystems can support monitoring and conservation, but must adopt ecosystem‐centered design to avoid pollution, waste, and damage. This review proposes guidelines for co‐designing ecoresorbable sustainability robots (ESRs), uniting materials, robotics, and ecological contexts in a single framework.
Tülin Yılmaz Nayır, Yuan Fang, Consuelo Contreras, Andrew K. Schulz, Florian Hartmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Hydrodynamic Bioreactor for High‐Yield Production of Extracellular Vesicles from Stem Cell Spheroids with Defined Cargo Profiling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study harnesses hydrodynamic flows to generate, confine and stimulate stem cell spheroids, enabling the large‐scale production of extracellular vesicles (EVs). This innovative method not only streamlines spheroid formation and subsequent EV release in a single, integrated process, but also ensures the generation of EVs with enhanced biological ...
Solène Lenoir, Elliot Thouvenot, Giacomo Gropplero, Léonie Dec, Damarys Loew, Clotilde Théry, Jose E Perez, Claire Wilhelm   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extracellular Vesicles of Streptococcus anginosus Mediate Gastritis via Epithelial Barrier Disruption and Macrophage‐driven Inflammation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Streptococcus anginosus extracellular vesicles (SA‐EVs) accumulate in gastric tissue, disrupt epithelial tight junctions, and induce gastritis characterized by neutrophil infiltration and elevated cytokines (TNF‐α, IL‐6, IL‐17A). Proteomics identifies TMPC and FBP62 as key SA‐EVs virulence factors; their genetic deletion attenuates inflammation ...
Ying Gong, Lina Duan, Jie Xiao, Yulu Deng, Hongxia Wang, Yajie Zhang, Xiumei Hu, Haifang Wang, Taixue An, Xin Li, Yurong Qiu, Lei Zheng, Haixia Li   +12 more
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For Whom is the Rural Economy Resilient? Initial Effects of Drought in Western Sudan [PDF]

, 1993
This discussion piece addresses two recent debates: entitlement theory and the resilience of rural systems. The authors find that in western Sudan entitlement theory provides a specific and useful framework for understanding the nature of the crisis ...
Gray, Leslie C., Kevane, Michael
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Intertidal Warfare: Synergistic Allelopathy Mediates Spatial Competition between Two Marine Calcareous‐Shelled Sessile Organisms

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals a hidden chemical weapon among calcareous‐shelled sessile organisms in the intertidal zone: the barnacle Balanus albicostatus releases a synergistic blend of palmitic acid and 1‐palmitoyl‐sn‐glycero‐3‐phosphocholine as the allelochemical with the inhibitory activity against attachment of the mussel Vignadula atrata, which may mediate
Zhuo Li, Zixin Huo, Shanshan Yao, Xianmeng Liang, Yiran Zhao, Yanxin Wang, Shifeng Guo, Caihuan Ke, Pei Su, Danqing Feng   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source