Constructing Amorphous-Crystalline Interfacial Bifunctional Site Island-Sea Synergy by Morphology Engineering Boosts Alkaline Seawater Hydrogen Evolution.

The development of efficient and durable non-precious hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts for scaling up alkaline water/seawater electrolysis is highly desirable but challenging. Amorphous-crystalline (A-C) heterostructures have garnered attention due to their unusual atomic arrangements at hetero-interfaces, highly exposed active sites, and excellent stability. Here, a heterogeneous synthesis strategy for constructing A-C non-homogeneous interfacial centers of electrocatalysts on nanocages is presented.

Advances in downstream processes and applications of biological carboxylic acids derived from organic wastes.

Recovering carboxylic acids derived from organic wastes from fermentation broth is challenging. To provide a reference for future study and industrial application, this review summarized recent advances in recovery technologies of carboxylic acids including precipitation, extraction, adsorption, membrane-based processes, etc. Meanwhile, applications of recovered carboxylic acids are summarized as well to help choose suitable downstream processes according to purity requirement.

Biological removal of sulfamethoxazole enhanced by S. oneidensis MR-1 via promoting NADH generation and electron transfer and consumption.

The bio-removal efficiency of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) from wastewater is usually very poor. In this paper a new efficient method to biodegrade SMX was reported. The SMX biodegradation efficiency by Paracoccus denitrificans was observed to be remarkably enhanced from 48.

Source separation, transportation, pretreatment, and valorization of municipal solid waste: a critical review.

Waste sorting is an effective means of enhancing resource or energy recovery from municipal solid waste (MSW). Waste sorting management system is not limited to source separation, but also involves at least three stages, i.e.

LncRNA TMPO-AS1 promotes LCN2 transcriptional activity and exerts oncogenic functions in ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer remains the sixth most frequently occurring cancer in women worldwide. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are capable of regulating gene expression, and thus, participating in a wide range of biological functions and disease processes including cancer development. Our work suggests that lncRNA TMPO antisense RNA 1 (TMPO-AS1) represents an oncogenic lncRNA in ovarian cancer and presents a novel mechanism involving transcription factor E2F transcription factor 6 (E2F6) and lipocalin-2 (LCN2).

Long noncoding RNA LINC00958 regulates cell sensitivity to radiotherapy through RRM2 by binding to microRNA-5095 in cervical cancer.

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been implicated in the regulation of resistance to radiotherapy in cervical cancer, which is a type of gynecological disease with high mortality in women around the world. Hence, our purpose is to delineate the involvement of LINC00958 in regulating cell sensitivity to radiotherapy in cervical cancer. LINC00958 expression in cervical cancer was assayed, followed by verification of the relationship among LINC00958, microRNA-5095 (miR-5095) and ribonucleotide reductase subunit M2 (RRM2).

Nitidine chloride inhibits proliferation, induces apoptosis via the Akt pathway and exhibits a synergistic effect with doxorubicin in ovarian cancer cells.

Nitidine chloride (NC) exhibits anti-tumor properties in various types of tumor. However, to the best of our knowledge there is no previous evidence of NC involvement in the apoptosis or proliferation of ovarian cancer cells and the underlying molecular mechanisms. The present study aimed to investigate the influence of NC on the viability and apoptosis of ovarian cancer cells and the synergistic effect NC and doxorubicin (DOX) may have on ovarian cancer cells.

Preparation and antibacterial activities of hollow silica-Ag spheres.

Hollow silica spheres with round mesoporous shells were synthesized by core-shell template method, using monodispersed cationic polystyrene particles as core, and TEOS (tetraethoxysilane) as the silica source to form shell. After calcination at 550°C, uniform spheres with a thin shell of silica and hollow interior structures. Transmission electron microscopy results showed that the size of the spheres is about 700 nm in diameter with narrow distribution.

Nitrate-dependent biodegradation of quinoline, isoquinoline, and 2-methylquinoline by acclimated activated sludge.

The anaerobic degradation of quinoline, isoquinoline and 2-methylquinoline was investigated under nitrate-reducing conditions with acclimated activated sludge. Quinoline was completely transformed during degradation with an optimum COD/NO(3)-N ratio of 7. Isoquinoline and 2-methylquinoline were also completely transformed; however, nitrate consumption was much lower with the optimum COD/NO(3)-N ratios being in the ranges of 83-92 and 21-26, respectively.

Waste recombinant DNA: effectiveness of thermo-treatment to manage potential gene pollution.

Heating at 100 degrees C for 5-10 min is a common method for treating wastewater containing recombinant DNA in many bio-laboratories in China. In this experiment, plasmid pET-28b was used to investigate decay efficiency of waste recombinant DNA during thermo-treatment. The results showed that the decay half-life of the plasmid was 2.

Evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of the thermo-treatment process to dispose of recombinant DNA waste from biological research laboratories.

The discharge of recombinant DNA waste from biological laboratories into the eco-system may be one of the pathways resulting in horizontal gene transfer or "gene pollution". Heating at 100 degrees C for 5-10 min is a common method for treating recombinant DNA waste in biological research laboratories in China. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness and the safety of the thermo-treatment method in the disposal of recombinant DNA waste.

[Capability of Cu2+ adsorption on cell surface of Pseudomonas putida 5-x].

Analysis of Cu2+ adsorption on cell surface of a Gram-negative bacterium P. putida 5-x was carried out. Isolated cell envelopes possess fivefold more Cu2+ adsorption capacity than that of the fresh intact cells.