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Paul Whitworth, Anthony S. Clare, John A. Finlay, Richard F. Piola, Joseph Plummer and Nick Aldred
The biofouling of marine structures must be controlled if crippling operational and maintenance costs are to be avoided and biological invasions prevented. However, traditional methods of biofouling control typically involve the use of toxic chemicals, w...
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Judita Pui?o, Diana Adliene, Algimantas Pa?kevicius and Arturas Vailionis
Silver nanoparticles are produced using various physical, chemical or physicochemical methods. Simple low-cost nontoxic environmentally friendly, or ?green?, chemistry methods are important, especially for their invasive application in the medicine and f...
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Yuji Nagashima, Kenta Fujimoto, Masahiko Okai, Yoichiro Kitani, Aya Yoshinaga-Kiriake and Shoichiro Ishizaki
Tetrodotoxin (TTX)-binding proteins are present in toxic TTX-bearing animals, such as pufferfish and gastropods. These may prevent autotoxicity. However, TTX-binding proteins are also found in the nontoxic marine shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Here,...
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Feihu Liu, Jianming Hu, Yating Zhang, Xuan Li, Yang Yang, Guanghui Du and Kailei Tang
The world?s arable land has been contaminated by heavy metals to a large extent, which has led to the decreasing availability of farmland. Thus, the remediation of heavy metal pollution deserves due attention, and phytoremediation is preferred. Hemp has ...
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Abir Zouari, Albert Manich, Meritxell Marti, Sondes Gargoubi and Chedly Boudokhane
Recently, a significant interest in eco-friendly textile products and processes has been noted among consumers and producers. In this respect, nanobubble technology is emerging as a green alternative. In this study, water-repellent cotton fabrics were pr...
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Ryohei Tatsuno, Miwako Shikina, Yuta Yamamoto, Yoko Kanahara, Tomohiro Takatani and Osamu Arakawa
To investigate tetrodotoxin (TTX) retention by the toxic goby Yongeichthys criniger, rearing experiments feeding nontoxic diets were conducted using 12 (Group I) and 17 (Group II) specimens collected from a natural environment. The specimens were reared ...
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Laura Mosca, Francesca Vitiello, Martina Pagano, Alessandra Coppola, Roberta Veglia Tranchese, Roberta Grillo, Giovanna Cacciapuoti and Marina Porcelli
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC), which includes cancers of the oral cavity and larynx, is one of the most common and highly aggressive malignancies worldwide, despite significant efforts committed in recent decades in its detection, ...
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Valeria De Matteis, Loris Rizzello, Mariafrancesca Cascione, Paolo Pellegrino, Jagpreet Singh, Daniela Manno and Rosaria Rinaldi
The quest for novel nanoscale materials for different applications necessitates that they are easy to obtain and have excellent physical properties and low toxicity. Moreover, considering the ongoing environmental impact of noxious chemical waste product...
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Joana C. Matos, Marco Laurenti, Veronica Vighetto, Laura C. J. Pereira, João Carlos Waerenborgh, M. Clara Gonçalves and Valentina Cauda
Conventional therapies to treat cancer often exhibit low specificity, reducing the efficiency of the treatment and promoting strong side effects. To overcome these drawbacks, new ways to fight cancer cells have been developed so far focusing on nanosyste...
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Youwei Guo, Guoqing Xiao, Wei Zhang, Nange Zhang, Chunling Chen, Yi Fan, Hongjie Li, Xuewei Liu and Yi He
Water-dispersible and anticorrosion nanocomposites have attracted extensive attention. In this study, tea polyphenol (TP)/graphene (GE) was fabricated with a one-step route. The preparation and modification of graphene nanosheets was carried out by graph...
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