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Advancing SafeWax, A Bio‐Inspired Superhydrophobic Coating, Toward Sustainable and Climate‐Resilient Crop Protection

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study advances SafeWax, a bio‐inspired, fatty‐acids‐based superhydrophobic coating, by identifying an agriculturally compliant solvent and revealing how solvent‐controlled Fatty acid crystallization governs the coating's microscopic structure and performance.
Niv Ben‐Arie, Iryna Polishchuk, Franziska Tauber, Coralie Schneider, Elena Prudnikov, Alessia Calora, Silvia Milita, Simona Fermani, Mireia Alejandra Ibanez Revert, Ilaria Filippetti, Claudio Ratti, Matthias Kellermeier, Markus Rueckel, Boaz Pokroy   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Melanin's Role in Balancing Mechanical Strength and Reproductive Output in Environmentally Stressed Fungal Spores

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Melanin content directly controls fungal spore mechanical properties, with pigmented spores achieving rupture forces two orders of magnitude higher than hyaline spores. Environmental stress drives this quantity‐quality tradeoff; stressed species invest energy in melanin‐reinforced, mechanically superior thick‐walled, super‐hydrophobic spores, while ...
Atul Agrawal, Steven E. Naleway
wiley   +1 more source

Catching the Green—Diversity of Ruderal Spring Plants Traditionally Consumed in Bulgaria and Their Potential Benefit for Human Health

Diversity, 2023
The global climate and societal challenges in the recent years urge us to strengthen food security; thus, the rediscovery of wild foods and foraging practices is also part of the sustainability agenda.
Teodora Ivanova, Andrey Marchev, Mihail Chervenkov, Yulia Bosseva, Milen Georgiev, Ekaterina Kozuharova, Dessislava Dimitrova   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineering Antigen Density on M13 Bacteriophage for Personalized Nanovaccine

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Increasing antigen density on the phage capsid impacts phage uptake and antigen cross‐presentation by antigen‐presenting cells, leading to enhanced activation of antitumor CD8+ T cells in the draining lymph nodes. These activated CD8+ T cells subsequently recognize the antigen‐expressing tumors and mediate their specific cytotoxic killing, thereby ...
Shengnan Huang, Allison Madow, Jack Rudrum, Huaiyao Peng, Hao Nghi Luu, Peiyan Dong, Jifa Qi, Angela M. Belcher   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leaftronics: Bio‐Fractal Scaffolds From Leaf Venation for Low‐Waste Electronics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
“Leaftronics” transforms naturally evolved leaf venation into quasi‐fractal scaffolds for sustainable electronics. Polymer‐infiltrated leaf skeletons can be used to fabricate ultra‐smooth, reflow‐ and thin‐film‐compatible decomposable substrates, while making the same lignocellulose networks conducting results in flexible transparent electrodes.
Rakesh Rajendran Nair, Hrisheekesh Thachoth Chandran, Karl Leo, Hans Kleemann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flavor Variations in Precious Tricholoma matsutake under Different Drying Processes as Detected with HS-SPME-GC-MS

Foods
By employing headspace solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC-MS), this study displayed the compositional changes in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Tricholoma matsutake samples subjected to hot-air drying (HAD)
Fengming Zhang, Bin Lu, Xinhua He, Fuqiang Yu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

RNAi in the Rhizarian Phytopathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae: The Causal Agent of Clubroot Disease in Cruciferous Crops

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study uncovers an unusual RNAi pathway in the rhizarian pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae. In the absence of Dicer, a Drosha‐like RNase III protein supports the biogenesis of predominant 21‐nt small RNAs, and two Argonaute proteins mediate small RNA‐guided silencing.
Xiong Zhang, Yupo Wu, Jiachang Hou, Lixia Gao, Longqi Pan, Cuicui Shen, Chuanji Zhao, Feng Gao, Yi Zhang, Li Ren, Xiaoping Fang, Xiaoling Dun, Shengyi Liu, Lijiang Liu   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Valorizing Fungal Diversity for the Degradation of Fluoroquinolones

Heliyon
Continued widespread use of antibiotics, especially fluoroquinolones, raises environmental concerns, as its driving bacterial resistance and disrupts microbial ecosystems. Here we investigate the biodegradation of ten fluoroquinolone antibiotics (six for medical use and four for veterinary use) by ligninolytic fungi, including Trametes versicolor ...
Akrout, Imen, Staita, Karima, Zouari-Mechichi, Hèla, Ghariani, Bouthaina, Khmaissa, Marwa, Navarro, David, Doan, Annick, Albert, Quentin, Faulds, Craig, Sciara, Giuliano, Record, Eric, Mechichi, Tahar   +11 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Engineering Microbial Particles for Next‐Generation Biomedical Platforms

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Microbe‐derived particles (MDPs), which include extracellular vesicles, outer membrane vesicles, inclusion bodies, polysaccharide particles, and virus‐like particles, represent a rapidly expanding category of bioinspired nanomaterials. With their natural origin, intrinsic biocompatibility, and highly programmable functionality, MDPs serve as a ...
Yuting Li, Yunjie Lu, Ziyan Huang, Jianjiang Chen, Yanbin Liu, Lei Qin, Chao Wang, Yumin Wu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Plant‐to‐Plant Circular Strategy: Coupling Photodegradation and Phytoremediation With Plant‐Based Nanomaterials for Plastic Degradation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Plant‐based nanomaterials derived from alfalfa serve as dual‐function catalysts, coupling photodegradation and phytoremediation to degrade polyethylene under UV‐A light and in soil. The nanomaterials work synergistically with alfalfa and soil microbes, achieving efficient plastic breakdown without trophic transfer.
Haoran Liu, Lena Ciric, Yuheng Wang, Ziru Pei, Manpreet Bhatti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source