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Engineered Protein‐Based Ionic Conductors for Sustainable Energy Storage Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Rational incorporation of charged residues into an engineered, self‐assembling protein scaffold yields solid‐state protein films with outstanding ionic conductivity. Salt‐doping further enhances conductivity, an effect amplified in the engineered variants. These properties enable the material integration into an efficient supercapacitor.
Juan David Cortés‐Ossa, Paolo Blesio, Marcial Fernandez‐Castro, Lisa Almonte, Maxence Fernandez, Mantas Liutkus, Perumal Pandurangan, Carlos Sabater, Aitor Villaverde, Manuel Melle‐Franco, Nurit Ashkenasy, Felipe Jiménez‐Ángeles, M. Carmen Morant‐Miñana, M. Reyes Calvo, Aitziber L. Cortajarena   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcriptome analysis reveals a comprehensive insect resistance response mechanism in cotton to infestation by the phloem feeding insect Bemisia tabaci (whitefly)

Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2016
Summary The whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) causes tremendous damage to cotton production worldwide. However, very limited information is available about how plants perceive and defend themselves from this destructive pest.
Jianying Li, Lizhen Zhu, J. Hull, Sijia Liang, H. Daniell, Shuangxia Jin, Xianlong Zhang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bt Corn Farmer Compliance with Insect Resistance Management Requirements: Results from the 2002 Minnesota and Wisconsin Farm Polls [PDF]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reregistered Bt corn in 2001 with mandatory Insect Resistance Management (IRM) requirements in order to promote sustainable use by farmers.
Buttel, Frederick, Chen, Lucy, Goldberger, Jessica, Hurley, Terrance M., Merrill, Jeanne   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Multifunctional Fluidic Units for Emergent, Responsive Robotic Behaviors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A multifunctional reconfigurable fluidic unit can be used as sensor, valve and actuator is presented. A unique configuration combines the features of the three components as a Responsive self‐oscillating actuator. The remarkable versatility of the fluidic unit is demonstrated by building different robots with the same fluidic units only by varying ...
Mostafa Mousa, Alberto Comoretto, Johannes T.B. Overvelde, Antonio E. Forte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lack of correlation between constitutive and induced resistance to a herbivore in crucifer plants: real or flawed by experimental methods? [PDF]

, 2009
The correlation between constitutive and induced resistance to herbivores in plants has long been of interest to evolutionary biologists, and various approaches to determining levels of resistance have been used in this field of research.
Dicke, M., Liu, S.S., Shu, J.P., Wu, Z.Y., Zhang, P.J.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Physical Intelligence in Small‐Scale Robots and Machines

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
“Physical intelligence” (PI) empowers biological organisms and artificial machines, especially at the small scales, to perceive, adapt, and even reshape their complex, dynamic, and unstructured operation environments. This review summarizes recent milestones and future directions of PI in small‐scale robots and machines.
Huyue Chen, Metin Sitti
wiley   +1 more source

BT COTTON REFUGE POLICY [PDF]

Since cotton producers do not own legal rights to kill insect populations that are susceptible to insecticides, individual producers may have no incentive to account for future, insecticide-resistance productivity losses arising from their pest ...
Carlson, Gerald A., Fackler, Paul L., Livingston, Michael J.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
wiley   +1 more source

Corn Producer Practices and Insect Resistance Management Requirements [PDF]

We document the degree to which corn producers in South Dakota follow Insect Resistance Management requirements administered by the Environmental Protection Agency. Our findings are based a survey held among a sample of 317 corn producers in South Dakota
Van der Sluis, Evert, Wang, Willa
core   +1 more source

Autonomous Hydrogel Actuators Programmed by Endogenous Biochemical Logic for Dual‐Stage Morphing and Drug Release

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A 3D‐printed BSA–PEGDA bilayer actuator performs biochemical logic, bending autonomously in acid and releasing its drug payload only when both acid and pepsin are present. This dual‐stage, enzyme‐gated mechanism enables autonomous catch‐and‐release motion and controlled gastric drug delivery, representing a programmable soft material powered by ...
Yuchen Liu, Harischandra Potthuri, Alejandro Sosnik, Luai R. Khoury   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source