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{ "abstract": "Background Astaxanthin is a highly valuable ketocarotenoid with strong antioxidative activity and is natively accumulated upon environmental stress exposure in selected microorganisms. Green microalgae are photosynthetic, unicellular organisms cultivated in artificial systems to produce biomass and ind...
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33330365
PMC7717947
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENGs) are a highly efficient approach for mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion based on the coupling effects of contact electrification and electrostatic induction. TENGs have been intensively applied as both sustainable power sources and self-powered active sensors...
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25699064
PMC4318275
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Environmental pollutants have received considerable attention due to their serious effects on human health. There are physical, chemical, and biological means to remediate pollution; among them, bioremediation has become increasingly popular. The nitrogen-fixing rhizobia are widely distributed in the s...
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29075481
PMC5654505
pmc
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{ "abstract": "We present a nanostructured “super surface” fabricated using a simple recipe based on deep reactive ion etching of a silicon wafer. The topography of the surface is inspired by the surface topographical features of dragonfly wings. The super surface is comprised of nanopillars 4 μm in height and 220 nm...
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PMC7905023
pmc
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{ "abstract": "To better predict the consequences of environmental change on aquatic microbial ecosystems it is important to understand what enables community resilience. The mechanisms by which a microbial community maintain its overall function, for example, the cycling of carbon, when exposed to a stressor, can be...
8,024
35479804
PMC9036573
pmc
494
{ "abstract": "In nature, wetting by water droplets on superhydrophobic materials is governed by the Cassie–Baxter or Wenzel models. Moreover, sticky properties, derived from these types of wettings, are required for a wide range of applications involving superhydrophobic materials. As a facile new strategy, a method...
3,925
27617746
PMC5019393
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Multi-species microbial communities play a critical role in human health, industry, and waste remediation. Recently, the evolution of synthetic consortia in the laboratory has enabled adaptation to be addressed in the context of interacting species. Using an engineered bacterial consortium, we repeated...
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{ "abstract": "Syntrophy is an essential intermediary step in the anaerobic conversion of organic matter to methane where metabolically distinct microorganisms are tightly linked by the need to maintain the exchanged metabolites at very low concentrations. Anaerobic syntrophy is thermodynamically constrained, and is ...
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37799812
PMC10548143
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The burgeoning human population has resulted in an augmented demand for raw materials and energy sources, which in turn has led to a deleterious environmental impact marked by elevated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, acidification of water bodies, and escalating global temperatures. Therefore, it is im...
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38351312
PMC10864392
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The distribution of symbiotic scleractinian corals is driven, in part, by light availability, as host energy demands are partially met through translocation of photosynthate. Physiological plasticity in response to environmental conditions, such as light, enables the expansion of resilient phenotypes i...
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33674723
PMC7935968
pmc
503
{ "abstract": "Bioprocesses converting carbon dioxide with molecular hydrogen to methane (CH 4 ) are currently being developed to enable a transition to a renewable energy production system. In this study, we present a comprehensive physiological and biotechnological examination of 80 methanogenic archaea (methanogen...
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21434644
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{ "abstract": "This manuscript describes the fabrication of arrays of spatially confined chambers embossed in a layer of poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) and their application to studying quorum sensing between communities of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We hypothesized that biofilms may produce stable chemical si...
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PMC9974440
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Significance Global warming is causing the loss of coral reefs worldwide, as a result of heat-induced coral bleaching and mortality. Here, we examined the potential mechanisms that have increased the heat resistance of dominant framework-building coral taxa ( Pocillopora spp.) on reefs in the eastern ...
4,299
35529205
PMC9070864
pmc
508
{ "abstract": "Compared with superhydrophobic surfaces, superamphiphobic surfaces have a wider commercially availability. However, the initially fragile nature of micro or nano-structures hinders the large-scale applications of superamphiphobic surfaces. In this work, we report free-standing monoliths with durable su...
4,315
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PMC9492681
pmc
509
{ "abstract": "Engineered living materials (ELMs) embed living cells in a biopolymer matrix to create materials with tailored functions. While bottom-up assembly of macroscopic ELMs with a de novo matrix would offer the greatest control over material properties, we lack the ability to genetically encode a protein mat...
2,538
36271072
PMC9587027
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Lifelong on-device learning is a key challenge for machine intelligence, and this requires learning from few, often single, samples. Memory-augmented neural networks have been proposed to achieve the goal, but the memory module must be stored in off-chip memory, heavily limiting the practical use. In t...
2,959
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PMC10092215
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Cold seeps in the deep sea harbor various animals that have adapted to utilize seepage chemicals with the aid of chemosynthetic microbes that serve as primary producers. Corals are among the animals that live near seep habitats and yet, there is a lack of evidence that corals gain benefits and...
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36793323
PMC9922812
pmc
515
{ "abstract": "The development of engineered living materials (ELMs) has recently attracted significant attention from researchers across multiple disciplines. Fungi-derived ELMs represent a new type of macroscale, cost-effective, environmentally sustainable materials. However, current fungi-based ELMs either have to...
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{ "abstract": "Tailored biomaterials with tunable functional properties are crucial for a variety of task-specific applications ranging from healthcare to sustainable, novel bio-nanodevices. To generate polymeric materials with predictive functional outcomes, exploiting designs from nature while morphing them toward ...
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PMC8010134
pmc
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{ "conclusion": "Conclusion Machine learning and neuromorphic computing are two modeling paradigms on the road toward AGI. ANNs have achieved tremendous breakthroughs in many intelligent applications benefitting from big data, high-performance processors, effective learning algorithms, and easy-to-use programming too...
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PMC10673497
pmc
519
{ "abstract": "Memristors, known for their adjustable and non-volatile resistance, offer a promising avenue for emulating synapses. However, achieving pulse frequency-dependent synaptic plasticity in memristors or memristive systems necessitates further exploration. In this study, we present a novel approach to modul...
1,072
39418284
PMC11521316
pmc
520
{ "abstract": "The efficiency of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) in industrial wastewater treatment is profoundly influenced by the microbial community, which can be disrupted by variable industrial operations. Although microbial guilds linked to MFC performance under specific conditions have been identified, comprehensi...
6,240
39468081
PMC11519575
pmc
523
{ "abstract": "Exploring microorganisms with downstream synthetic advantages in lignin valorization is an effective strategy to increase target product diversity and yield. This study ingeniously engineers the non-lignin-degrading bacterium Ralstonia eutropha H16 (also known as Cupriavidus necator H16) to convert...
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{ "abstract": "Animal silks are built from pure protein components and their mechanical performance, such as strength and toughness, often exceed most engineered materials. The secret to this success is their unique nanoarchitectures that are formed through the hierarchical self-assembly of silk proteins. This natura...
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PMC11756291
pmc
525
{ "abstract": "Abstract Microbial functional ecology is expanding as we can now measure the traits of wild microbes that affect ecosystem functioning. Here, we review techniques and advances that could be the bedrock for a unified framework to study microbial functions. These include our newfound access to environmen...
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40013791
PMC11915838
pmc
526
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Industrial anaerobic digestion (AD) represents a relevant energy source beyond today’s fossil fuels, wherein organic matter is recycled to methane gas via an intricate and complex microbial food web. Despite its potential, anaerobic reactors often undergo process instability over time, which i...
4,448
36355038
PMC9648965
pmc
527
{ "abstract": "The dichotomy that separates prokaryotic from eukaryotic cells runs deep. The transition from pro- to eukaryote evolution is poorly understood due to a lack of reliable intermediate forms and definitions regarding the nature of the first host that could no longer be considered a prokaryote, the first e...
14,100
27392086
PMC5335547
pmc
528
{ "abstract": "Reef-building corals are well regarded not only for their obligate association with endosymbiotic algae, but also with prokaryotic symbionts, the specificity of which remains elusive. To identify the central microbial symbionts of corals, their specificity across species and conservation over geographi...
4,405
37343101
PMC10284536
pmc
529
{ "abstract": "Memristor-enabled in-memory computing provides an unconventional computing paradigm to surpass the energy efficiency of von Neumann computers. Owing to the limitation of the computing mechanism, while the crossbar structure is desirable for dense computation, the system’s energy and area efficiency deg...
2,046
36500566
PMC9739919
pmc
530
{ "abstract": "Spider dragline silk has unique characteristics of strength and extensibility, including supercontraction. When we use it as a biomaterial or material for textiles, it is important to suppress the effect of water on the fiber by as much as possible in order to maintain dimensional stability. In order t...
6,166
26116678
PMC4551263
pmc
532
{ "abstract": "In marine sediments cathodic oxygen reduction at the sediment surface can be coupled to anodic sulfide oxidation in deeper anoxic layers through electrical currents mediated by filamentous, multicellular bacteria of the Desulfobulbaceae family, the so-called cable bacteria. Until now, cable bacteria ...
3,846
23657259
PMC4109411
pmc
533
{ "abstract": "Bacterial biofilms are surface-associated, multicellular, morphologically complex microbial communities 1 - 7 . Biofilm-forming bacteria such as the opportunistic pathogen 7 - 10 \n Pseudomonas aeruginosa are phenotypically distinct from their free-swimming, planktonic counterparts. Much work has focu...
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38869927
PMC11215770
pmc
534
{ "abstract": "With the increasing\ndemands and complexity of the neuromorphic\ncomputing schemes utilizing highly efficient analog resistive switching\ndevices, understanding the apparent capacitive and inductive effects\nin device operation is of paramount importance. Here, we present a\nsystematic array of charact...
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{ "abstract": "In their natural environment, microbes organize into communities held together by an extracellular matrix composed of polysaccharides and proteins. We developed an in vivo labeling strategy to allow the extracellular matrix of developing biofilms to be visualized with conventional and superresolution l...
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PMC10895028
pmc
538
{ "abstract": "Current work in photosynthetic engineering is progressing along the lines of cyanobacterial, microalgal, and plant research. These are interconnected through the fundamental mechanisms of photosynthesis and advances in one field can often be leveraged to improve another. It is worthwhile for researcher...
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39288161
PMC11407623
pmc
539
{ "abstract": "Considering biological systems as information processing entities and analyzing their organizational structure via information-theoretic measures has become an established approach in life sciences. We transfer this framework to a field of broad general interest, the human gut microbiome. We use BacAre...
6,149
37738343
PMC10516491
pmc
540
{ "abstract": "Nanorobots powered by designed DNA molecular motors on DNA origami platforms are vigorously pursued but still short of fully autonomous and sustainable operation, as the reported systems rely on manually operated or autonomous but bridge-burning molecular motors. Expanding DNA nanorobotics requires ori...
1,797
30480098
PMC6244237
pmc
542
{ "abstract": "Plants influence their soil environment, which affects the next generation of seedlings that can be established. While research has shown that such plant–soil feedbacks occur in the presence of mycorrhizal fungi, it remains unclear when and how mycorrhizal fungi mediate the direction and strength of fe...
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34471855
PMC8390849
pmc
543
{ "abstract": "Summary Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) represents a sustainable platform that converts waste into resources, using microorganisms within an electrochemical cell. Traditionally, MES refers to the oxidation/reduction of a reactant at the electrode surface with externally applied potential bias. However...
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33274469
PMC8049059
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{ "abstract": "Abstract The plant‐associated microbial community (microbiome) has an important role in plant–plant communications. Plants decipher their complex habitat situations by sensing the environmental stimuli and molecular patterns and associated with microbes, herbivores and dangers. Perception of these cues...
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25683239
PMC4329568
pmc
545
{ "abstract": "Anaerobic digestion is a widely used technology for waste stabilization and generation of biogas, and has recently emerged as a potentially important process for the production of high value volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and alcohols. Here, three reactors were seeded with inoculum from a stably performin...
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37222619
PMC10401116
pmc
546
{ "abstract": "Abstract Intrinsic plasticity of neurons, such as spontaneous threshold lowering (STL) to modulate neuronal excitability, is key to spatial attention of biological neural systems. In‐memory computing with emerging memristors is expected to solve the memory bottleneck of the von Neumann architecture com...
2,516
33500004
PMC7807759
pmc
547
{ "abstract": "Background Coral-associated microbial communities are sensitive to multiple environmental and biotic stressors that can lead to dysbiosis and mortality. Although the processes contributing to these microbial shifts remain inadequately understood, a number of potential mechanisms have been identified. F...
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21862629
PMC3157894
pmc
548
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT Mechanisms for electron transfer within microbial aggregates derived from an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor converting brewery waste to methane were investigated in order to better understand the function of methanogenic consortia. The aggregates were electrically conductive, with con...
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36303112
PMC9615231
pmc
549
{ "abstract": "Background Crustose coralline algae (CCA) are calcifying red macroalgae that play important ecological roles including stabilisation of reef frameworks and provision of settlement cues for a range of marine invertebrates. Previous research into the responses of CCA to ocean warming (OW) and ocean acidi...
2,522
36032533
PMC9400054
pmc
550
{ "abstract": "The sustainable production of chemicals from renewable,\nnonedible\nbiomass has emerged as an essential alternative to address pressing\nenvironmental issues arising from our heavy dependence on fossil resources.\nMicrobial cell factories are engineered microorganisms harboring biosynthetic\npathways s...
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39123962
PMC11314768
pmc
553
{ "abstract": "Biomimetic neuromorphic sensing systems, inspired by the structure and function of biological neural networks, represent a major advancement in the field of sensing technology and artificial intelligence. This review paper focuses on the development and application of electrolyte gated transistors (EGT...
1,712
25558867
PMC4867547
pmc
554
{ "abstract": "Metabolic engineering of microorganisms such as Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae to produce high-value natural metabolites is often done through functional reconstitution of long metabolic pathways. Problems arise when parts of pathways require specialized environments or compartments ...
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33281549
PMC7689062
pmc
555
{ "abstract": "To tackle real-world challenges, deep and complex neural networks are generally used with a massive number of parameters, which require large memory size, extensive computational operations, and high energy consumption in neuromorphic hardware systems. In this work, we propose an unsupervised online ad...
9,930
26097503
PMC4475311
pmc
557
{ "abstract": "Background Production of fuels from the abundant and wasteful CO 2 is a promising approach to reduce carbon emission and consumption of fossil fuels. Autotrophic microbes naturally assimilate CO 2 using energy from light, hydrogen, and/or sulfur. However, their slow growth rates call for investigatio...
2,035
34466784
PMC8384924
pmc
558
{ "abstract": "Summary We investigated the short-term dynamics of microbial composition and function in bioreactors with inocula collected from full-scale and laboratory-based anaerobic digestion (AD) systems. The Bray-Curtis dissimilarity of both inocula was approximately 10% of the predicted Kyoto Encyclopedia of G...
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PMC11814226
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Neuromorphic computing shows promise for advancing computing efficiency and capabilities of AI applications using brain-inspired principles. However, the neuromorphic research field currently lacks standardized benchmarks, making it difficult to accurately measure technological advancements, compare pe...
3,977
30936487
PMC6588452
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Social interactions play an increasingly recognized key role in bacterial physiology 1 . One of the best studied is quorum sensing (QS), a mechanism by which bacteria sense and respond to the status of cell density 2 . While QS is generally deemed crucial for bacterial survival, QS-dysfunctional mutant...
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PMC9639324
pmc
561
{ "abstract": "Background Symbionts provide a variety of reproductive, nutritional, and defensive resources to their hosts, but those resources can vary depending on symbiont community composition. As genetic techniques open our eyes to the breadth of symbiont diversity within myriad microbiomes, symbiosis research h...
3,157
37444979
PMC10342295
pmc
562
{ "abstract": "Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) possess significant attributes, such as a simple structure, high energy conversion efficiency, and ease of fabrication, rendering them crucial for powering mobile and distributed low-power electronic devices. In this study, a multilayer spring TENG with a cushion la...
6,042
32156820
PMC7064766
pmc
563
{ "abstract": "The rise of antibiotic resistance requires the development of new strategies to combat bacterial infection and pathogenesis. A major direction has been the development of drugs that broadly target virulence. However, few targets have been identified due to the species-specific nature of many virulence ...
3,507
21318462
PMC3059824
pmc
565
{ "abstract": "Several emerging technologies are aiming to meet renewable fuel standards, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and provide viable alternatives to fossil fuels. Direct conversion of solar energy into fungible liquid fuel is a particularly attractive option, though conversion of that energy on an industri...
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21915110
PMC3195233
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Novel methods for information processing are highly desired in our information-driven society. Inspired by the brain's ability to process information, the recently introduced paradigm known as 'reservoir computing' shows that complex networks can efficiently perform computation. Here we introduce a nov...
1,050
39747257
PMC11696034
pmc
567
{ "abstract": "Mixed signal analog/digital neuromorphic circuits represent an ideal medium for reproducing bio-physically realistic dynamics of biological neural systems in real-time. However, similar to their biological counterparts, these circuits have limited resolution and are affected by a high degree of variabi...
3,041
34195589
PMC8237362
pmc
568
{ "abstract": "Highlights • Engineered syntrophy of cyanobacteria and methanotrophs in photogranules • Novel syntrophy removed dissolved methane in batch and continuous reactor system • Phototrophic cyanobacteria produced oxygen for methane oxidation by methanotrophs • Methanotrophs provided carbon dioxide for photos...
9,367
33398106
PMC7610595
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Resource competition and metabolic cross-feeding are among the main drivers of microbial community assembly. Yet, the degree to which these two conflicting forces are reflected in the composition of natural communities has not been systematically investigated. Here we use genome-scale metabolic modelin...
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PMC6390697
pmc
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{ "abstract": "This work addresses the methodology and implementation of a neuromorphic SNN system to compute the temporal information among neural spikes using ReRAM synapses capable of spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP).", "conclusion": "4 Conclusions ReRAM devices are among the most promising technologies ...
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PMC4939269
pmc
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{ "abstract": "The biodegradation of organic pollutants in aquifers is often restricted to the fringes of contaminant plumes where steep countergradients of electron donors and acceptors are separated by limited dispersive mixing. However, long-distance electron transfer (LDET) by filamentous ‘cable bacteria' has rec...
3,460
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PMC6262911
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Analysis of ecological networks is a valuable approach to understanding the vulnerability of systems to disturbance. The tolerance of ecological networks to coextinctions, resulting from sequences of primary extinctions (here termed “knockout extinction models”, in contrast with other dynamic ...
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{ "abstract": "Quorum sensing (QS) is a communication mechanism exploited by a large variety of bacteria to coordinate gene expression at the population level. In Gram-negative bacteria, QS occurs via synthesis and detection of small chemical signals, most of which belong to the acyl-homoserine lactone class. In such...
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PMC4651109
pmc
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{ "abstract": "A simple, scalable, non-lithographic, technique for fabricating durable\nsuperhydrophobic (SH) surfaces, based on the fingering instabilities associated with\nnon-Newtonian flow and shear tearing, has been developed. The high viscosity of the\nnanotube/elastomer paste has been exploited for the fabrica...
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PMC12047930
pmc
580
{ "abstract": "Reservoir computers (RCs) provide a computationally efficient alternative to deep learning while also offering a framework for incorporating brain-inspired computational principles. By using an internal neural network with random, fixed connections—the ‘reservoir’—and training only the output weights, ...
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PMC11154151
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Life on Earth comprises prokaryotes and a broad assemblage of endosymbioses. The pages of Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution have provided an essential window into how these endosymbiotic interactions have evolved and shaped biological diversity. Here, we prov...
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PMC7029506
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{ "abstract": "The efficiency of industrial fermentation process mainly depends on carbon yield, final titer and productivity. To improve the efficiency of l -lysine production from mixed sugar, we engineered carbohydrate metabolism systems to enhance the effective use of sugar in this study. A functional metabolic ...
7,491
35515611
PMC9053625
pmc
583
{ "abstract": "Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) with excellent flexibility and high outputs are promising for powering wearable/wireless electronics with electricity converted from ubiquitous mechanical energies in the working environment. In this work, the effects of the dielectric properties and thickness of th...
5,080
26555246
PMC5029208
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Coral and algal holobionts are assemblages of macroorganisms and microorganisms, including viruses, Bacteria, Archaea, protists and fungi. Despite a decade of research, it remains unclear whether these associations are spatial–temporally stable or species-specific. We hypothesized that conflicting inte...
4,169
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PMC5372337
pmc
586
{ "abstract": "Background Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) has come to be seen as one of the most viable technologies to provide the negative carbon dioxide emissions needed to constrain global temperatures. In practice, algal biotechnology is the only form of BECCS that could be realized at scale wi...
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PMC10092099
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{ "abstract": "Abstract Advances in flexible electronic devices and robotic software require that sensors and controllers be virtually devoid of traditional electronic components, be deformable and stretch‐resistant. Liquid electronic devices that mimic biological synapses would make an ideal core component for flexi...
3,993
38971854
PMC11227571
pmc
588
{ "abstract": "Accumulating evidences are challenging the paradigm that methane in surface water primarily stems from the anaerobic transformation of organic matters. Yet, the contribution of oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, a dominant species in surface water, to methane production remains unclear. Here we show met...
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27814362
PMC5096674
pmc
590
{ "abstract": "Bacteria frequently lose biosynthetic genes, thus making them dependent on an environmental uptake of the corresponding metabolite. Despite the ubiquity of this ‘ genome streamlining ’, it is generally unclear whether the concomitant loss of biosynthetic functions is favored by natural selection or rat...
5,054
26892169
PMC4759530
pmc
592
{ "abstract": "We discuss the influence of surface structure, namely the height and opening angles of nano- and microcones on the surface wettability. We show experimental evidence that the opening angle of the cones is the critical parameter on sample superhydrophobicity, namely static contact angles and roll-off an...
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26998520
PMC4795665
pmc
595
{ "abstract": "Researchers successfully design materials with extremely low ice adhesion.", "introduction": "INTRODUCTION Ice accretion and its subsequent removal is a safety hazard for aircrafts, power lines, motor vehicles, marine structures, communication towers, and wind turbines ( 1 ). The most common methods ...
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PMC11732973
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{ "abstract": "Genome-scale metabolic models (GSMM) are commonly used to identify gene deletion sets that result in growth coupling and pairing product formation with substrate utilization and can improve strain performance beyond levels typically accessible using traditional strain engineering approaches. However, s...
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26057581
PMC4650609
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) between Geobacter species and Methanosaeta species is an alternative to interspecies hydrogen transfer (IHT) in anaerobic digester, which however has not been established in anaerobic sludge digestion as well as in bioelectrochemical systems yet. In this...
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PMC8892533
pmc
598
{ "abstract": "ABSTRACT The mutual nutritional cooperation underpinning syntrophic propionate degradation provides a scant amount of energy for the microorganisms involved, so propionate degradation often acts as a bottleneck in methanogenic systems. Understanding the ecology, physiology and metabolic capacities of s...
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{ "abstract": "Current sources of fermentation feedstocks, i.e. corn, sugar cane, or plant biomass, fall short of demand for liquid transportation fuels and commodity chemicals in the United States. Aquatic phototrophs including cyanobacteria have the potential to supplement the supply of current fermentable feedstoc...
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PMC4736303
pmc
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{ "abstract": "In marine sediments the anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulfate as electron acceptor (AOM) is responsible for the removal of a major part of the greenhouse gas methane. AOM is performed by consortia of anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea (ANME) and their specific partner bacteria. The physiology of...
9,940
39179548
PMC11344147
pmc
602
{ "abstract": "Constructing crossmodal in-sensor processing system based on high-performance flexible devices is of great significance for the development of wearable human-machine interfaces. A bio-inspired crossmodal in-sensor computing system can perform real-time energy-efficient processing of multimodal signals,...
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31338603
PMC6650513
pmc
603
{ "abstract": "The development of stretchable smart electronics has attracted great attentions due to their potential applications in human motions energy collection systems and self-powered biomechanical tracking technologies. Here, we present a newly stretchable all-rubber-based thread-shaped triboelectric nanogene...
5,636
32587586
PMC7298970
pmc
606
{ "abstract": "Cell-density dependent quorum sensing (QS) is fundamental for many coordinated behaviors among bacteria. Most recently several studies have revealed a role for bacterial QS communication in bacteriophage (phage) reproductive decisions. However, QS based phage-host interactions remain largely unknown, w...
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25038317
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{ "abstract": "Division of labor is commonly observed in nature. There are several theories that suggest diversification in a microbial community may enhance stability and robustness, decrease concentration of inhibitory intermediates, and increase efficiency. Theoretical studies to date have focused on proving when ...
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PMC5609283
pmc
608
{ "abstract": "The decline of coral reefs due to anthropogenic disturbances is having devastating impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Here we highlight the potential and challenges of microbial manipulation strategies to enhance coral tolerance to stress and contribute to coral reef restoration and protec...
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PMC10901607
pmc
610
{ "abstract": "Abstract Reef-building corals (Scleractinia, Anthozoa, Cnidaria) are the keystone organisms of coral reefs, which constitute the most diverse marine ecosystems. Since the first decoded coral genome reported in 2011, about 40 reference genomes are registered as of 2023. Comparative genomic analyses of c...
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27877107
PMC5099523
pmc
611
{ "abstract": "Deep spiking neural networks (SNNs) hold the potential for improving the latency and energy efficiency of deep neural networks through data-driven event-based computation. However, training such networks is difficult due to the non-differentiable nature of spike events. In this paper, we introduce a no...
3,310
25873997
PMC4395902
pmc
613
{ "abstract": "Background The growing concern regarding the use of agricultural land for the production of biomass for food/feed or energy is dictating the search for alternative biomass sources. Photosynthetic microorganisms grown on marginal or deserted land present a promising alternative to the cultivation of ene...
7,492
38622279
PMC11018857
pmc
615
{ "abstract": "Recurrent neural networks are used to forecast time series in finance, climate, language, and from many other domains. Reservoir computers are a particularly easily trainable form of recurrent neural network. Recently, a “next-generation” reservoir computer was introduced in which the memory trace invo...
4,168
37577626
PMC10418233
pmc
616
{ "abstract": "Microbial communities are shaped by the metabolites available in their environment, but the principles that govern whether different communities will converge or diverge in any given condition remain unknown, posing fundamental questions about the feasibility of microbiome engineering. To this end, we ...
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37771337
PMC10525310
pmc
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{ "abstract": "Spiking neural network (SNN) is a brain-inspired model with more spatio-temporal information processing capacity and computational energy efficiency. However, with the increasing depth of SNNs, the memory problem caused by the weights of SNNs has gradually attracted attention. In this study, we propose...
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27112950
PMC4845381
pmc
618
{ "abstract": "Background Anaerobic digesters become unstable when operated at a high organi c loading rate (OLR). Investigating the microbial community response to OLR disturbance is helpful for achieving efficient and stable process operation. However, previous studies have only focused on community succession duri...
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24613991
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619
{ "abstract": "Bioengineered spider silk block copolymers were studied to understand the effect of protein chain length and sequence chemistry on the formation of secondary structure and materials assembly. Using a combination of in vitro protein design and assembly studies, we demonstrate that silk block copolymers ...
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621
{ "abstract": "Sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) have been used as renewable power sources for sensors in fresh and ocean waters. Organic compounds at the anode drive anodic reactions, while oxygen drives cathodic reactions. An understanding of oxygen reduction kinetics and the factors that determine graphite cat...
430
34676921
PMC11469148
pmc
622
{ "abstract": "Abstract The underwater superoleophobicity of a coating is often caused by its preferential water affinity, which, however, normally weakens the substrate adhesion property. In this work, a new strategy is reported for achieving strong underwater adhesion between a well‐designed amphiphilic polyurethan...
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26423494
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{ "abstract": "The fabrication and advanced function of large area biomimetic superhydrophobic surfaces (SHS) and slippery lubricant-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) are reported. The use of roll-to-roll nanoimprinting techniques enabled the continuous fabrication of SHS and SLIPS based on hierarchically wrinkled surf...
270
34370382
PMC8351387
pmc
625
{ "abstract": "Abstract Adaptive laboratory evolution has proven highly effective for obtaining microorganisms with enhanced capabilities. Yet, this method is inherently restricted to the traits that are positively linked to cell fitness, such as nutrient utilization. Here, we introduce coevolution of obligatory mutu...
2,940
30813538
PMC6462982
pmc
627
{ "abstract": "Microbial cooperation pervades ecological scales, from single-species populations to host-associated microbiomes. Understanding the mechanisms promoting the stability of cooperation against potential threats by cheaters is a major question that only recently has been approached experimentally. Syntheti...
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