Environmental Identification of Novel Enzymes for Polyurethane and Polyamide Degradation
Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.Heteroatom‐containing plastics such as polyurethanes and nylons are produced at scale yet remain largely unrecycled. Biocatalysts offer a promising route to depolymerization under mild conditions. Here, we present a screening platform for the discovery of novel polyurethane‐ and nylon‐degrading enzymes from environmental samples and demonstrate ...
Malthe Kjær Bendtsen +17 more
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From wild shrub to cultivated host: a genetic roadmap for enhancing lac production in <i>Flemingia semialata</i>. [PDF]
Front Plant SciGhosh J, Lohot VD, Sinha NK, Vidyakar V.
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.A novel soft robotic propeller overcomes traditional efficiency‐flexibility tradeoffs via a hybrid pneumatic‐cable actuation strategy. This architecture enables active stiffness modulation with dual‐mode locomotion: tunable biomimetic swimming and earthworm‐inspired wriggling for confined spaces.
Jiazi Geng +6 more
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Warming and Drought Stress Modify Scent and Rewards in Flowers of Highbush Blueberry Affecting Pollinator Preferences. [PDF]
Plants (Basel)González-Teuber M +5 more
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Climate change and perennial crop production: Evidence of yield impact and adaptation in California
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Perennial crops are economically important. They contribute to food security, providing essential nutrients that are often lacking in annual crops, and provide additional environmental benefits compared with annual crops. Despite their importance, empirical research on the impacts of climate change and adaptation on perennial crops remains ...
Yuanyuan Wen +2 more
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Pollinators support the nutrition and income of vulnerable communities. [PDF]
NatureTimberlake TP +14 more
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American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Human activity has significantly altered the salt cycle, affecting an estimated 2.5 billion acres of soil worldwide. Elevated soil salinity is a well‐known plant stressor, but it may also affect interactions between plants and insects, which are often sodium limited.
Kylie Bill, David E. Carr
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Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.The graphical abstract shows how molecular biology research has shifted from using traditional animal models toward using methods that are more relevant to humans. It points out the main problems, differences between species, difficulty in reproducing results, moral issues, and lack of infrastructure that make translational accuracy harder to achieve ...
Md. Shajid Hossain Rafi +6 more
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Beyond multilocus barcoding: harnessing phylogenomics and genome mining for next-generation Trichoderma-based bioproducts. [PDF]
Appl Microbiol BiotechnolAtta N, Fahmi AI, Abdel-Lateif KS.
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Medicinal Plants as Biopesticides Against Pests and Diseases of Maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) in Africa: Ethnobotanical Insights and Challenges. [PDF]
Plants (Basel)Aina FB +3 more
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