Yeast-laden Hydrogel Capsules for Scalable Trace Lead Removal from Water by Gokhale, Devashish, Stathatou, Patritsia M., Athanasioud, Christos E., Doyle

“…Trace heavy metals are present in water resources globally, jeopardizing ecosystems and human health. Lead is one of the most prevalent and toxic trace pollutants, with numerous incidents of lead-contaminated drinking water across the United States. …”
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Hybrid lead halide perovskites for ultrasensitive photoactive switching in terahertz metamaterial devices by Manjappa, Manukumara, Srivastava, Yogesh Kumar, Solanki, Ankur, Kumar, Abhishek, Sum, Tze Chien, Singh, Ranjan

“…The recent meteoric rise in the field of photovoltaics with the discovery of highly efficient solar-cell devices is inspired by solution-processed organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites that exhibit unprecedented light-to-electricity conversion efficiencies. …”
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Persistent elevation of intrathecal pro-inflammatory cytokines leads to multiple sclerosis-like cortical demyelination and neurodegeneration by James, Rachel E., Schalks, Renee, Browne, Eleanor, Eleftheriadou, Ioanna, Munoz, Carmen Picon, Mazarakis, Nicholas D., Reynolds, Richard

“…Our results suggest that persistent expression of TNF in the presence of IFNγ is a potent inducer of meningeal inflammation and can activate TNF signalling pathways in cortical cells leading to neuronal death and subpial demyelination and thus may contribute to clinical progression in MS.…”
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Extensive stimulus repetition leads older adults to show delayed functional magnetic resonance imaging adaptation by Miyakoshi, Makoto, Matsuo, Kayako, Wu, Chiao-Yi, Suzuki, Atsunobu, Nakai, Toshiharu, Chen, Annabel Shen-Hsing

“…We concluded that cortical responsiveness in older adults are compromised, but extensive repetition can lead older adults to show a delayed but closer level of fMR-A compared to younger adults.…”
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Enhanced rice (Oryza sativa L.) plant growth and nutrient contents during the vegetative stage through zinc solubilizing bacterial bead inoculation by Irsyad Sulaimi Ramly, Nur Maizatul Idayu Othman, Aida Soraya Shamsuddin, Tan, Ali Kee Zuan, Nor Hafizah Zakaria, Fadzilah Adibah Abdul Majid, Nur’ Amira Hamid

“…The effects of two ZSB strains, Acinetobacter nosocomialis (SR R-10) and Acinetobacter seifertii (SR-12) were evaluated in the present study on the rice plant growth and nutrient contents using the bead inoculation method. A completely randomized design (CRD) was employed and four treatments were applied: 1) non-inoculated (control), 2) SR R-10 strain, 3) SR R-12 strain, and 4) mixed inoculation of SR R-10 and SR R-12 strains. …”
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Enhanced rice (Oryza sativa L.) plant growth and nutrient contents during the vegetative stage through zinc solubilizing bacterial bead inoculation by Ramly, Irsyad Sulaimi, Othman, Nur Maizatul Idayu, Shamsuddin, Aida Soraya, Zuan, Ali Tan Kee, Zakaria, Nor Hafizah, Abdul Majid, Fadzilah Adibah, Hamid, Nur’ Amira

“…The effects of two ZSB strains, Acinetobacter nosocomialis (SR R-10) and Acinetobacter seifertii (SR-12) were evaluated in the present study on the rice plant growth and nutrient contents using the bead inoculation method. A completely randomized design (CRD) was employed and four treatments were applied: 1) non-inoculated (control), 2) SR R-10 strain, 3) SR R-12 strain, and 4) mixed inoculation of SR R-10 and SR R-12 strains. …”
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Invisibility Dips of Near-Field Energy Transport in a Spoof Plasmonic Metadimer by Gao, Fei, Gao, Zhen, Luo, Yu, Zhang, Baile

“…Invisibility dips, i.e., minima in scattering spectrum associated with asymmetric Fano-like line-shapes, have been predicted with transformation optics in studying strong coupling between two plasmonic nanoparticles. …”
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Near-infrared light for phototherapy : photothermal induced drug release and tumor ablation by Li, Menghuan

“…Since the introduction of nanotechnology into cancer treatment, numerous therapeutic nanoagents have been developed for the detection, imaging and therapy of various types of cancers. …”
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Near-infrared afterglow semiconducting nano-polycomplexes for multiplex differentiation of cancer exosomes by Lyu, Yan, Cui, Dong, Huang, Jiaguo, Fan, Wenxuan, Miao, Yansong, Pu, Kanyi

“…Because detection of the afterglow takes place after the excitation, background signals are minimized, leading to an improved limit of detection that is nearly two orders of magnitude lower than that of fluorescence detection in cell culture media. …”
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Mechanics of nonlinear short-wave generation by a moored near-surface buoy by Zhu, Q., Liu, Y., Tjavaras, A.A., Triantafyllou, M.S., Yue, D.K.P.

“…We consider the nonlinear interaction problem of surface waves with a tethered near-surface buoy. Our objective is to investigate mechanisms for nonlinear short surface wave generation in this complete coupled wave-buoy-cable dynamical system. …”
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Design and optimisation of a tribometer system to characterise friction in near zero velocity by Ayu Lestari Dalimarta

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Prism dispersion effects in near-guided-wave surface plasmon resonance sensors by Shalabney, Atef, Abdulhalim, Ibrahim

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Near-term deployment of novel carbon removal to facilitate longer-term deployment by Nemet, GF, Gidden, MJ, Greene, J, Roberts, C, Lamb, WF, Minx, JC, Smith, SM, Geden, O, Riahi, K

“…Yet at present, only 2 Gt is being removed per year, and nearly all of it is from forestry—only 0.1% is from novel forms of carbon removal. …”

B cell receptor repertoire kinetics after SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination by Kotagiri, P, Mescia, F, Rae, WM, Bergamaschi, L, Tuong, ZK, Turner, L, Hunter, K, Gerber, PP, Hosmillo, M, Hess, C, Clatworthy, MR, Goodfellow, IG, Matheson, NJ, McKinney, EF, Wills, MR, Gupta, RK, Bradley, JR, Bashford-Rogers, RJM, Lyons, PA, Smith, KGC

“…B cells are important in immunity to both severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and vaccination, but B cell receptor (BCR) repertoire development in these contexts has not been compared. …”

Acute inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination by Francis, AG, Elhadd, K, Camera, V, Ferreira Dos Santos, M, Rocchi, C, Adib-Samii, P, Athwal, B, Attfield, K, Barritt, A, Craner, M, Fisniku, L, Iversen, AKN, Leach, O, Matthews, L, Redmond, I, O'Riordan, J, Scalfari, A, Tanasescu, R, Wren, D, Huda, S, Leite, MI, Fugger, L, Palace, J

“…Both MOGAD and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) have been reported after vaccination. Consequently, the mass SARS-CoV-2 vaccination program could result in increased rates of these conditions. …”

Identification and application of self-binding zipper-like sequences in SARS-CoV spike protein by Zhang, Si Min, Liao, Ying, Neo, Tuan Ling, Lu, Yanning, Liu, Ding Xiang, Vahlne, Anders, Tam, James Pingkwan

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Infection risk of SARS-CoV-2 in a dining setting : deposited droplets and aerosols by Ding, Shirun, Lee, Jia Shing, Mohamed Arif Mohamed, Ng, Bing Feng

“…Considering that safe-distancing and mask-wearing measures are not strictly enforced in dining settings in the context of SARS-CoV-2, the infection risks of patrons in a dining outlet (e.g., a cafe) is assessed in this study. …”
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Band-gap tuning of lead halide perovskites using a sequential deposition process by Kulkarni, Sneha A., Baikie, Tom, Boix, Pablo P., Yantara, Natalia, Mathews, Nripan, Mhaisalkar, Subodh

“…Band-gap tuning of mixed anion lead halide perovskites (MAPb(I1−xBrx)2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1)) has been demonstrated by means of a sequential deposition process. …”
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Supporting data: Critical stripping current leads to dendrite formation on plating in lithium anode solid electrolyte cells by Bruce, P

Comparison of transport methodologies on near-field pollutant dispersion in urban environments using CFD by Tee, Clarence Wei Tat

“…The focus of this study is to understand and quantify the differences between the two models when applied to near-field dispersion of heavy gases. The two methodologies are validated by simulating the dispersion phenomena for two test cases which largely bear resemblance to urban settings: a three-dimensional street canyon setup and the Mock Urban Setting Test (MUST) field experiment. …”
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