Alpine and subalpine plant microbiome mediated plants adapt to the cold environment: A systematic review.

With global climate change, ecosystems are affected, some of which are more vulnerable than others, such as alpine ecosystems. Microbes play an important role in environmental change in global ecosystems. Plants and microbes are tightly associated, and symbiotic or commensal microorganisms are crucial for plants to respond to stress, particularly for alpine plants.

Perspective and challenges of mycorrhizal symbiosis in orchid medicinal plants.

The family Orchidaceae is of the most diverse taxon in the plant kingdom, and most of its members are highly valuable herbal medicines. Orchids have a unique mycorrhizal symbiotic relationship with specific fungi for carbohydrate and nutrient supplies in their whole lifecycle. The large-scale cultivation of the medicinal plant is a successful example of using mycorrhizal symbiotic technology.

Comparative analysis of the value of amide proton transfer-weighted imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging in evaluating the histological grade of cervical squamous carcinoma.

Background: Uterine cervical cancer (UCC) was the fourth leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide. The conventional MRI hardly revealing the microstructure information. This study aimed to compare the value of amide proton transfer-weighted imaging (APTWI) and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) in evaluating the histological grade of cervical squamous carcinoma (CSC) in addition to routine diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI).

Polyaniline-intercalated manganese dioxide nanolayers as a high-performance cathode material for an aqueous zinc-ion battery.

Rechargeable zinc-manganese dioxide batteries that use mild aqueous electrolytes are attracting extensive attention due to high energy density and environmental friendliness. Unfortunately, manganese dioxide suffers from substantial phase changes (e.g.

Integrating Desalination and Energy Storage using a Saltwater-based Hybrid Sodium-ion Supercapacitor.

Ever-increasing freshwater scarcity and energy crisis problems require efficient seawater desalination and energy storage technologies; however, each target is generally considered separately. Herein, a hybrid sodium-ion supercapacitor, involving a carbon-coated nano-NaTi (PO ) -based battery anode and an activated-carbon-based capacitive cathode, is developed to combine desalination and energy storage in one device. On charge, the supercapacitor removes salt in a flowing saltwater electrolyte through Cl electrochemical adsorption at the cathode and Na intercalation at the anode.

Ultrasmall TiO-Coated Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite as a High-Rate and Long-Cycle-Life Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries.

Because of the low cost and abundant nature of the sodium element, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are attracting extensive attention, and a variety of SIB cathode materials have been discovered. However, the lack of high-performance anode materials is a major challenge of SIBs. Herein, we have synthesized ultrasmall TiO-nanoparticle-coated reduced graphene oxide (TiO@RGO) composites by using a one-pot hydrolysis method, which are then investigated as anode materials for SIBs.

A clean and membrane-free chlor-alkali process with decoupled Cl and H/NaOH production.

Existing chlor-alkali processes generally use asbestos, mercury or fluorine-containing ion-exchange membranes to separate the simultaneous chlorine production on the anode and hydrogen production on the cathode, and form sodium hydroxide in the electrolyte. Here, using the Na de-intercalation/intercalation of a NaMnO electrode as a redox mediator, we decouple the chlor-alkali process into two independent steps: a H production step with the NaOH formation in the electrolyte and a Cl production step. The first step involves a cathodic H evolution reaction (HO → H) and an anodic Na de-intercalation reaction (NaMnO → NaMnO), during which NaOH is produced in the electrolyte solution.