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Sustainable energy solutions cannot be pulled out of thin air. However, combining air with metal and other frameworks may pave the way for environmentally friendly energy conversion and storage, a ...

The microbiota-gut-liver axis has emerged as an important player in developing non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a type of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Higher mushroom intake is negatively associated with the prevalence of NAFLD. This study examined whether lentinan, an active ingredient in mushroom, could improve NAFLD and gut microbiota dysbiosis in NAFLD mice induced by a high-fat (HF) diet. Dietary lentinan supplementation for 15 weeks significantly improved gut microbiota ...

Narrating the basic knowledge of nanofibrous filters. The mechanical-dependent and electrostatic-dependent nanofibrous filters were summarized according to their mechanical adsorption and electrostatic adsorption to the nanoparticles, respectively, which will help to understand and design better performance nanofibrous filters.

Developing a novel and convenient method to prepare dual emission nitrogen-doped carbon dots, which can be used as a ratiometric fluorescent probe for detecting dopamine based on the variation of the ratio (I595nm/I435nm).

 E-Mail IMAGE: Fingerprint patterns made in blood are clearly visible on aluminum foil (left) and painted wood (right) when developed with a fluorescent polymer. view more  Credit: Adapted from 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c00710 Careful criminals usually clean a scene, wiping away visible blood and fingerprints. However, prints made with trace amounts of blood, invisible to the naked eye, could remain. Dyes can detect these hidden prints, but the dyes dont work well on certain surface...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Photocatalytic process of phosphorus and nitrogen co-doped carbon quantum dots (PNCQDs)/TiO2 nanosheets. Due to the quantum wells created by synergy between N and P elements, photogenerated electrons can be localized... view more  Credit: Authors In a paper published in NANO, researchers from Nanjing Tech University proposed a theory which attributes the photocatalytic efficiency enhancement of Phosphorus and Nitrogen co-doped CQDs (PNCQDs)/TiO 2 nanosheets composite p...