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Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva, Giulio Fatti, Emanuel Carlos, Guilherme Ferreira, Sumita Goswami, Suman Nandy, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Elvira Fortunato, Caio G. Otoni, Rodrigo Martins   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Probiotic modulation of symbiotic gut microbial–host metabolic interactions in a humanized microbiome mouse model

Molecular Systems Biology, 2008
The transgenomic metabolic effects of exposure to either Lactobacillus paracasei or Lactobacillus rhamnosus probiotics have been measured and mapped in humanized extended genome mice (germ‐free mice colonized with human baby flora).
Francois‐Pierre J Martin, Yulan Wang, Norbert Sprenger, Ivan K S Yap, Torbjörn Lundstedt, Per Lek, Serge Rezzi, Ziad Ramadan, Peter van Bladeren, Laurent B Fay, Sunil Kochhar, John C Lindon, Elaine Holmes, Jeremy K Nicholson   +13 more
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Scan-o-matic: High-Resolution Microbial Phenomics at a Massive Scale

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2016
The capacity to map traits over large cohorts of individuals—phenomics—lags far behind the explosive development in genomics. For microbes, the estimation of growth is the key phenotype because of its link to fitness.
Martin Zackrisson, Johan Hallin, Lars-Göran Ottosson, Peter Dahl, Esteban Fernandez-Parada, Erik Ländström, Luciano Fernandez-Ricaud, Petra Kaferle, Andreas Skyman, Simon Stenberg, Stig Omholt, Uroš Petrovič, Jonas Warringer, Anders Blomberg   +13 more
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Cultural replication and microbial evolution [PDF]

, 2014
The aim of this paper is to argue that cultural evolution is in many ways much more similar to microbial than to macrobial biological evolution.
Nanay, Bence
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Darkness visible: reflections on underground ecology [PDF]

, 2005
1 Soil science and ecology have developed independently, making it difficult for ecologists to contribute to urgent current debates on the destruction of the global soil resource and its key role in the global carbon cycle.
Barrett D.J., Beijerinck M.W., Brookes P.C., Dunger W., Finlay B.J., Finlay B.J., Fitter A.H., Fitter A.H., Fitter A.H., Hodda M., Hyams E., Jackson R.B., Kouki J., Lambshead P.J.D., Law R., Lloyd J., Lloyd-MacGilp S.A., Manefield M., Morton J.B., Nicolson T.H., Oechel W.C., Peat H.J., Perrings C., Read D.J., Redecker D., Smith S.E., Steinbeck J., Taylor T.N., Torsvik V., Van der Heijden M.G.A., Varley J.D., Vitousek P.M., Williamson M., Williamson M., Wilson D.S., Wohl D.L., Zinke P.J.   +36 more
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Generating Cell Surface Nucleated Hydrogels with an Artificial Membrane‐Binding Transglutaminase

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cell‐based therapies require advanced strategies to enhance cell delivery and bioactivity. Cell membrane engineering offers an avenue to impart new functions to delivered cells to boost their viability and function. Here, an artificial membrane‐binding transglutaminase is generated and biophysically characterized.
Rosalia Cuahtecontzi Delint, Tao Li, Kapil D. Patel, Will H. Zhang, Ben M. Carter, Graham J. Day, Adam W. Perriman   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microneedle‐Based Biofertilizer Delivery Improves Plant Growth Through Microbiome Engineering

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This figure shows how microneedles are used to deliver biofertilizers to enhance plant growth through microbial migration, metabolic reprogramming, and changes in plant endogenous microbiome. Abstract This study presents a microneedle‐based system for the delivery of rhizospheric biofertilizers into plant tissues to enhance growth.
Zhicheng Le, Sevugan Mayalagu, Cheng‐Yen Chen, Raktim Bhattacharya, Abhishek Gupta, Jingyuan Li, Zhi Wei Norman Teo, Yufeng Shou, Arya Gopinath MP, Danni Zhong, Tedrick Thomas Salim Lew, Hao Yu, Naweed I. Naqvi, Sanjay Swarup, Andy Tay   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Limited effects of plant-beneficial fungi on plant volatile composition and host-choice behavior of Nesidiocoris tenuis

Frontiers in Plant Science
Biological control using plant-beneficial fungi has gained considerable interest as a sustainable method for pest management, by priming the plant for enhanced defense against pathogens and insect herbivores.
Caroline Meesters, Caroline Meesters, Berhane T. Weldegergis, Marcel Dicke, Hans Jacquemyn, Hans Jacquemyn, Bart Lievens, Bart Lievens   +7 more
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Dual‐Layer Living Hydrogel Enables On‐Demand Delivery of Phages and Probiotics for Synergistic Wound Infection Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A dual‐layer living hydrogel, ProΦGel, integrates bacteriophages and probiotics for synergistic wound infection therapy. The outer gelatin‐based matrix releases phages on demand in response to P. aeruginosa infections, while inner alginate beads sustain probiotic delivery.
Siyuan Tao, Darine D'Adam, Anna Hu, Sixuan Zhang, Josua Roduner, Katharina Maniura‐Weber, Qun Ren   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of local human activities on the Antarctic environment [PDF]

, 2008
We review the scientific literature, especially from the past decade, on the impacts of human activities on the Antarctic environment. A range of impacts has been identified at a variety of spatial and temporal scales.
Agnew, Agnew, Ainley, Baker, Ballance, Bargagli, Barrera-Oro, Brown, C.A. Moreno, Chen, Clarke, Clarke, Constable, Constable, Constable, Convey, Convey, Convey, Convey, Cooney, Croxall, Croxall, D.G. Ainley, de Leeuw, de Poorter, Delord, DeVries, Duhamel, Edwards, Fraser, Frenot, Gon, Greenslade, Greenslade, Greenslade, Gremmen, Gröndahl, Hansom, Hee, Hemmings, Hofman, Holmes, Hughes, Huiskes, I. Snape, J. Scott, Jones, Jouventin, K.A. Hughes, Kennicutt, Kerry, Knox, Kock, Kock, Kock, Kohnen, Laws, McDonald, Moreno, Morris, Muller-Schwarze, Naveen, Naveen, Nicol, Ohtani, Olech, Otley, P. Convey, Pauly, Pauly, Peter, Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer, Rounsevell, S. Pfeiffer, Salwicka, Sjoling, Sladen, Smith, Smith, Snape, Snape, Summerson, T. Tin, Tejedo, Thor, Trathan, Weimerskirch, Wheeler, Willock, Woehler, Z.L. Fleming   +91 more
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