Efficient Toluene Decontamination and Resource Utilization through Ni/AlO Catalytic Cracking.

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), particularly aromatic hydrocarbons, pose significant environmental risks due to their toxicity and role in the formation of secondary pollutants. This study explores the potential of catalytic pyrolysis as an innovative strategy for the effective remediation and conversion of aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants. The research investigates the high-efficiency removal and resource recovery of the VOC toluene using a Ni/AlO catalyst.

Removal of metronidazole using a novel ZnO-CoFeO@Biochar heterostructure composite in an intimately coupled photocatalysis and biodegradation system under visible light.

The intimate coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation (ICPB) technology has received much attraction because of the advantages of both photocatalytic reaction and biological treatment. In this study, ZnO-CoFeO@BC (ZCFC) with p-n heterojunction was prepared and used in an ICPB system to degrade metronidazole (MNZ) wastewater. The microstructure, morphology, and optical behavior of heterojunctions in ZCFC were investigated using SEM, XRD, UV-vis, FTIR, and XPS techniques.

Regenerative treatment of ophthalmic diseases with stem cells: Principles, progress, and challenges.

Background: Degenerate eye disorders, such as glaucoma, cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), are prevalent causes of blindness and visual impairment worldwide. Other eye disorders, including limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD), dry eye diseases (DED), and retinitis pigmentosa (RP), result in symptoms such as ocular discomfort and impaired visual function, significantly impacting quality of life. Traditional therapies are limited, primarily focus on delaying disease progression, while emerging stem cell therapy directly targets ocular tissues, aiming to restore ocular function by reconstructing ocular tissue.

Manipulation of Giant Multipole Resonances via Vortex γ Photons.

Traditional photonuclear reactions primarily excite giant dipole resonances, making the measurement of isovector giant resonances with higher multipolarities a great challenge. In this Letter, the manipulation of collective excitations of different multipole transitions in even-even nuclei via vortex γ photons is investigated. We develop the calculation method for photonuclear cross sections induced by the vortex γ photon beam using the fully self-consistent random-phase approximation plus particle-vibration coupling (RPA+PVC) model based on Skyrme density functional.

A Study on the Impact of Organizing Environmental Awareness and Education on the Performance of Environmental Governance in China.

The advancement of technology and economic development has raised the standard of living and at the same time brought a greater burden to the environment. Environmental governance has become a common concern around the world, and although China's environmental governance has achieved some success, it is still a long way from the ultimate goal. This paper empirically analyzes the impact of environmental publicity and education on environmental governance performance, using public participation as a mediator.

Modulating interfacial structure and lipid digestion of natural Camellia oil body by roasting and boiling processes.

Oil body (OB) is the lipid-storage organelle in oilseed, and its stability is crucial for oilseed processing. Herein, effects of roasting and boiling on the structure, stability, and in vitro lipid digestion of Camellia OB were studied. The interfacial structure and physical stability of the extracted OB were investigated by electrophoresis, confocal-Raman spectroscopy, zeta-potential, and surface hydrophobicity, etc.

Global Screening of Genomic and Transcriptomic Factors Associated with Phenotype Differences between Multidrug-Resistant and -Susceptible Candida haemulonii Strains.

, a close relative of , is an emerging pathogen which frequently shows multidrug resistance especially to triazoles, the most used antifungal drugs. The mechanisms of drug resistance in , however, are largely unknown. Here, we sequenced and annotated the genomes of two reference strains from the complex, compared the phenotypes, genomes, and transcriptomes of a triazole-susceptible and two triazole-resistant strains, and identified triazole susceptibility, morphology, fitness, and the major genetic and gene expression differences between the strains.

High precision nuclear mass predictions towards a hundred kilo-electron-volt accuracy.

Mass is a fundamental property and an important fingerprint of atomic nucleus. It provides an extremely useful test ground for nuclear models and is crucial to understand energy generation in stars as well as the heavy elements synthesized in stellar explosions. Nuclear physicists have been attempting at developing a precise, reliable, and predictive nuclear model that is suitable for the whole nuclear chart, while this still remains a great challenge even in recent days.