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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
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Oral Supplementation of Phosphatidylcholine Attenuates the Onset of a Diet-Induced Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatohepatitis in Female C57BL/6J MiceSummary

Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Background & Aims: Changes in phosphatidylcholine levels in the liver have been associated with the development of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease.
Victor Sánchez, Anja Baumann, Annette Brandt, Maximilian F. Wodak, Raphaela Staltner, Ina Bergheim   +5 more
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Ice Lithography: Recent Progress Opens a New Frontier of Opportunities

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review focuses on recent advancements in ice lithography, including breakthroughs in compatible precursors and substrates, processes and applications, hardware, and digital methods. Moreover, it offers a roadmap to uncover innovation opportunities for ice lithography in fields such as biological, nanoengineering and microsystems, biophysics and ...
Bingdong Chang, Gwendoline A. E. Anand, Rubaiyet Haque, Dylan A. Chiaro, Mona Sharma, Andrew R. Williams, Frank Niklaus, Daryl W. Yee, Gavin M. King, Anpan Han   +9 more
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Programmable DNA‐Peptide Hybrid Nanostructures for Potent Neutralization of Multiple Influenza a Virus Subtypes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A multivalent antiviral platform based on honeycomb‐shaped DNA nanostructures (HC–Urumin) is developed to enhance the potency and breadth of the host defense peptide Urumin. Through spatially patterned trimeric presentation, HC–Urumin disrupts influenza A virus entry, improves cell viability, and reduces disease severity in vivo‐offering a modular and ...
Saurabh Umrao, Abhisek Dwivedy, Payton L. Haak, Dhanush Gandavadi, Laurie A. Rund, Chi Chen, Vineetha Mareddy, Lifeng Zhou, Jinwei Duan, Ying Fang, Andrew J. Steelman, Xing Wang   +11 more
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Bioinspired Bromination Enables Extensible, Strain‐Stiffening Resilin Peptide Scaffolds with Tunable Degradation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bioinspired bromination of a resilin‐derived peptide enables the fabrication of electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds that uniquely combine strain‐stiffening elasticity, proteolytic stability, and antioxidant functionality. These brominated peptide–gelatin hybrids mimic the extensibility of natural elastomers, demonstrating tunable mechanical resilience ...
Elisa Marelli, Lorenzo Sori, Chiara Russo, Claudia Pigliacelli, Lorenza Draghi, Monica Soncini, Pierangelo Metrangolo   +6 more
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The microprotein C16orf74/MICT1 promotes thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue

The EMBO Journal
Brown and beige adipose tissues are metabolically beneficial for increasing energy expenditure via thermogenesis, mainly through UCP1 (uncoupling protein 1).
Jennie Dinh, Danielle Yi, Frances Lin, Pengya Xue, Nicholas D Holloway, Ying Xie, Nnejiuwa U Ibe, Hai P Nguyen, Jose A Viscarra, Yuhui Wang, Hei Sook Sul   +10 more
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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
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Oligosaccharides, phytate and trypsin inhibitors in sweet lupine seeds (Lupinus angustifolius L.) and commercial products derived from them

Discover Food
Lupine seeds (Lupinus angustifolius) are increasingly recognized as a valuable source of plant-based protein for human nutrition. Similar to other legumes, lupines contain antinutrients.
Benno F. Zimmermann, Timo Heinrichs, Hedwig Heuser, Ismail-Hakkı Acır, Ute Schweiggert-Weisz   +4 more
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Recent Updates on Anti-Inflammatory and Antimicrobial Effects of Furan Natural Derivatives

Journal of Inflammation Research, 2020
Mohammad Alizadeh,1,* Moludi Jalal,2 Khodaei Hamed,3 Amir Saber,2,* Sorayya Kheirouri,1 Fatemeh Pourteymour Fard Tabrizi,3 Negin Kamari2 1Nutrition Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; 2Department of Nutritional Sciences,
Alizadeh M, Jalal M, Hamed K, Saber A, Kheirouri S, Pourteymour Fard Tabrizi F, Kamari N   +6 more
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Transition From Lattice Oxygen to Radical‐Mediated Oxidation in Ammonium‐Intercalated Birnessite Catalysts for Selective Valorization of Biomass to Produce Formic Acid

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The catalytic valorization of biomass represents an essential approach for achieving sustainable chemical production, with formic acid (FA) being recognized as a valuable platform chemical for hydrogen storage and environmentally friendly synthetic applications.
Yiqi Geng, Wei Xiong, Wenhua Xue, Jian Ye, Puranjan Mishra, Rajenahally V. Jagadeesh, Jun Zhao   +6 more
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