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Membrane filtration reduces nutrient availability and invasion potential in drinking water systems, without affecting mature biofilms

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology
Ensuring biostable drinking water is a growing priority for drinking water utilities, especially in non- or minimally chlorinated distribution systems where microbial regrowth is controlled through nutrient limitation.
Thomas Pluym   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harnessing Next‐Generation 3D Cancer Models to Elucidate Tumor‐Microbiome Crosstalk

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Centralizes the microbiome within 3D tumor‐microbiome model platforms, including spheroids, organoids, 3D‐bioprinted constructs, and microfluidic chips, each enabling structured host‐tumor‐microbe studies. These systems support bacterial colonization, facilitating investigation of microbial impacts on tumor growth, immunity, and therapy. The microbiome
Marina Green Buzhor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Promise of Solid Lubricants for a Sustainable Future

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Lubricants are vital for technology, saving energy and resources. The industry seeks sustainable solutions beyond fossil fuels. Solid lubricants offer extremely low friction and reduce environmental impact, especially in harsh conditions. Can these solids truly replace liquid lubricants, or are they limited to extreme applications?
Philipp G. Grützmacher   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural Changes of Seagrass Seascapes Driven by Natural and Anthropogenic Factors: A Multidisciplinary Approach

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Seascape ecology has been widely applied to marine habitats, including seagrass meadows, through various approaches all over the world for the past 30 years.
Arnaud Abadie   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gradients of Aliveness and Engineering: A Taxonomy of Fungal Engineered Living Materials

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This paper explores the potential of fungal engineered living materials (ELMs), examining fungal biology and growth mechanisms, which underpin their development. It presents a classification framework based on aliveness, scaffold composition, and engineering degree. Unique properties such as self‐healing, biosensing, and bioremediation are highlighted,
Elise Elsacker   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diazotrophs and N2-Fixation Associated With Particles in Coastal Estuarine Waters

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Putative heterotrophic bacteria carrying out N2-fixation, so-called non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs (NCDs), are widely distributed in marine waters, but details of how the O2-inhibited N2-fixation process is promoted in the oxic water column remains ...
Jeppe N. Pedersen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Viral ecology of organic and inorganic particles in aquatic systems: avenues for further research [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2009
Markus G. Weinbauer   +7 more
openalex   +1 more source

Multifunctional Bamboo Based Materials Empowered by Multiscale Hierarchical Structures—A Critical Review

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the latest progress in transforming renewable bamboo resources into high‐value functional materials. It emphasizes how to leverage bamboo's multiscale hierarchical structures to realize innovative applications in energy, construction, environment, and medicine, providing key insights for developing high‐performance bio‐based ...
Yuxiang Huang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological and Biologically Inspired Functional Nanostructures: Insights into Structural, Optical, Thermal, and Sensing Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Biological and biologically‐inspired functional nanostructures with structural, thermal, optical, and sensing applications are reviewed. The role of nanoscale features in biological materials on performance is described, and their blueprints are used for bio‐inspired nanomaterials, synthesized using advanced techniques (i.e., photolithography, bio ...
Chao Hsuan (Joseph) Sung   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

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