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- Chipless textile electronics enable wireless digital interactions
Authors: Zhiqing Bai; Qichong Zhang
Abstract: Fibers and fabrics have been closely related to the daily life of humans for millennia. With the advancement of the artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) and wearable technology, functional fibers came into being and underwent revolutionary progress and development.1 Today, fibers have transcended the traditional concept of clothing, being no longer limited to shelter for the body, individual privacy protection, and the aesthetic expression of ourselves but moving in the direction of high-performance, high-end intelligence and green development.
Citation: The Innovation 5, 5 (2024)
PubDate: 2024-07-13
DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100676
Issue No: Vol. 5, No. 5 (2024)
- A midgut transcriptional regulatory loop favors an insect host to
withstand a bacterial pathogen
Authors: Zhaojiang Guo; Liuhong Zhu, Zhouqiang Cheng, Lina Dong, Le Guo, Yang Bai, Qingjun Wu, Shaoli Wang, Xin Yang, Wen Xie, Neil Crickmore, Xuguo Zhou, René Lafont, Youjun Zhang
Abstract: Mounting evidence suggests that insect hormones associated with growth and development also participate in pathogen defense. We have discovered a previously undescribed midgut transcriptional control pathway that modulates the availability of 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) in a worldwide insect pest (Plutella xylostella), allowing it to defeat the major virulence factor of an insect pathogen Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). A reduction of the transcriptional inhibitor (PxDfd) increases the expression of a midgut microRNA (miR-8545), which in turn represses the expression of a newly identified ecdysteroid-degrading glucose dehydrogenase (PxGLD).
Citation: The Innovation 5, 5 (2024)
PubDate: 2024-07-13
DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100675
Issue No: Vol. 5, No. 5 (2024)
- Body-coupled smart fibers: Enhancing seamless integration and efficiency
in medical human-machine interaction
Authors: Lei Xiang; Yihan Li, Ding Zhao, Yiru Xu, Wenguo Cui
Abstract: Human-machine interaction (HMI) has always been at the frontier of technological innovation, making our interactions with technology more intuitive and efficient, as well as driving much of the research interest in this field. Wearable electronic systems can seamlessly and accurately receive, store, process, and output information. This endows them with tremendous potential applications ranging from daily life interactions to monitoring physiological signals and clinical medical treatments. Building upon this foundation, researchers have embarked on a series of innovations concerning textile fibers' materials, manufacturing techniques, and further functional payloads.
Citation: The Innovation 5, 5 (2024)
PubDate: 2024-07-13
DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100674
Issue No: Vol. 5, No. 5 (2024)
- Toward equitable, transparent, and collaborative human mobility computing
for smart cities
Authors: Yong Chen; Xiqun (Michael) Chen, Ziyou Gao
Abstract: Cities constitute vast and intricate systems in which diverse entities (e.g., people, vehicles, and roads) interact collaboratively and dynamically. Analyzing and understanding the core elements of people in complex urban mobility systems provides a crucial means for smart city applications. In the era of global digitization, the exponential surge in geolocation data linked to human travel has profoundly transformed our understanding of human travel behavior. Data science enables us to comprehensively capture human mobility characteristics1 at the individual and population levels; these characteristics include regularity, diversity, and predictability.
Citation: The Innovation 5, 5 (2024)
PubDate: 2024-07-02
DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100672
Issue No: Vol. 5, No. 5 (2024)
- Heat source recognition sensor mimicking the thermosensation function of
human skin
Authors: Wenting Sun; Pengxiang Zhang, Xinyi Lin, Yupeng Wang, Shuaihua Wang, Bin Yang, Zijian Zheng, Weishu Liu
Abstract: The human skin maintains a comfortable and healthy somatosensory state by sensing different aspects of the thermal environment, including temperature value, heat source, energy level, and duration. However, state-of-the-art thermosensors only measure basic temperature values, not the full range of the thermosensation function of human skin. Here, we propose a heat source recognition (hsr) sensor of poly(butyl acrylate)-lithium bis(n-fluoroalkylsulfonyl)imide (PBA-Li:nFSI; n = 1, 3, 5), which enables response to temperature, pressure, and proximity stimulus signals based on the relaxation behavior of the ionic gel and distinguished between different types of heat sources (i.e., radiation, convection, and conduction).
Citation: The Innovation 5, 5 (2024)
PubDate: 2024-07-02
DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100673
Issue No: Vol. 5, No. 5 (2024)
- A cooling wound dressing for accelerating healing under sunlight
Authors: He Yu; Mingxiang Liu, Xiang Lu, Jinping Qu, Guangming Tao
Abstract: Wound healing is greatly influenced by the local skin environment, encompassing factors such as temperature and cleanliness. Nevertheless, the inadequate thermal regulation exhibited by traditional wound dressings can significantly impede the healing process, particularly when they are exposed to the intense heat of sunlight. In recent years, however, researchers have developed a groundbreaking daytime radiative cooling (DRC) dressing that is specifically designed to prevent wound overheating in hot outdoor environments.
Citation: The Innovation 5, 5 (2024)
PubDate: 2024-07-02
DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100670
Issue No: Vol. 5, No. 5 (2024)
- Mimicking Mytilus edulis foot protein: A versatile strategy for robust
biomedical coatings
Authors: Zeyu Du; Feng Qiao, Liping Tong, Wentai Zhang, Xiaohui Mou, Xin Zhao, Manfred F. Maitz, Huaiyu Wang, Nan Huang, Zhilu Yang
Abstract: Universal coatings with versatile surface adhesion, good mechanochemical robustness, and the capacity for secondary modification are of great scientific interest. However, incorporating these advantages into a system is still a great challenge. Here, we report a series of catechol-decorated polyallylamines (CPAs), denoted as pseudo-Mytilus edulis foot protein 5 (pseudo-Mefp-5), that mimic not only the catechol and amine groups but also the backbone of Mefp-5. CPAs can fabricate highly adhesive, robust, multifunctional polyCPA (PCPA) coatings based on synergetic catechol-polyamine chemistry as universal building blocks.
Citation: The Innovation 5, 5 (2024)
PubDate: 2024-06-29
DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100671
Issue No: Vol. 5, No. 5 (2024)
- Geological context of the Chang’e-6 landing area and implications
for sample analysis
Authors: Zongyu Yue; Sheng Gou, Shujuan Sun, Wei Yang, Yi Chen, Yexin Wang, Honglei Lin, Kaichang Di, Yangting Lin, Xianhua Li, Fuyuan Wu
Abstract: Research on returned samples can provide ground truth for the study of the geological evolution history of the Moon. However, previous missions all collected samples from the near side of the Moon, which is significantly different from the far side of the Moon in terms of the thickness of the lunar crust, magma activity, and composition. Therefore, the samples from the far side of the Moon are of great significance for a comprehensive understanding of the history of the Moon. China’s Chang’e-6 (CE-6) probe has successfully landed on the lunar far side and will return samples in the coming days.
Citation: The Innovation 5, 5 (2024)
PubDate: 2024-06-24
DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100663
Issue No: Vol. 5, No. 5 (2024)
- Stable organic radical qubits and their applications in quantum
information science
Authors: Aimei Zhou; Zhecheng Sun, Lei Sun
Abstract: The past century has witnessed the flourishing of organic radical chemistry. Stable organic radicals are highly valuable for quantum technologies thanks to their inherent room temperature quantum coherence, atomic-level designability, and fine tunability. In this comprehensive review, we highlight the potential of stable organic radicals as high-temperature qubits and explore their applications in quantum information science, which remain largely underexplored. Firstly, we summarize known spin dynamic properties of stable organic radicals and examine factors that influence their electron spin relaxation and decoherence times.
Citation: The Innovation 5, 5 (2024)
PubDate: 2024-06-20
DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100662
Issue No: Vol. 5, No. 5 (2024)
- Scientists eager for Chang’e-6 lunar farside samples to bring new
discoveries
Authors: Wei Yang; Yuyang He, Yuqi Qian, Zongyu Yue
Abstract: The tidal locking effect keeps the Moon consistently presents its one side—the near side—to Earth, rendering the other side—the far side—inaccessible for people standing on Earth. Consequently, the far side of the Moon remained shrouded in mystery for human observers until the onset of space exploration.
Citation: The Innovation 5, 5 (2024)
PubDate: 2024-06-19
DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100660
Issue No: Vol. 5, No. 5 (2024)
- Toward a nomenclature consensus for diverse intelligent systems: Call for
collaboration
Authors: Brett J. Kagan; Michael Mahlis, Anjali Bhat, Josh Bongard, Victor M. Cole, Phillip Corlett, Christopher Gyngell, Thomas Hartung, Bianca Jupp, Michael Levin, Tamra Lysaght, Nicholas Opie, Adeel Razi, Lena Smirnova, Ian Tennant, Peter Thestrup Wade, Ge Wang
Abstract: Disagreements about language use are common both between and within fields. Where interests require multidisciplinary collaboration or the field of research has the potential to impact society at large, it becomes critical to minimize these disagreements where possible. The development of diverse intelligent systems, regardless of the substrate (e.g., silicon vs. biology), is a case where both conditions are met. Significant advancements have occurred in the development of technology progressing toward these diverse intelligence systems.
Citation: The Innovation 5, 5 (2024)
PubDate: 2024-06-17
DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100658
Issue No: Vol. 5, No. 5 (2024)
- Selectivity switch via tuning surface static electric field in
photocatalytic alcohol conversion
Authors: Zhiwei Chen; Hongru Zhou, Fanhao Kong, Zhaolin Dou, Min Wang
Abstract: Photocatalysis has shown great potential in organic reactions, while controlling the selectivity is a long-standing goal and challenge due to the involvement of various radical intermediates. In this study, we have realized selectivity control in the photocatalytic conversion of alcohols via engineering the surface static electric field of the CdS semiconductor. By leveraging the Au–CdS interaction to adjust lattice strain, which influences the intensity of the surface static electric field, we altered the pathways of alcohol conversion.
Citation: The Innovation 5, 5 (2024)
PubDate: 2024-06-17
DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100659
Issue No: Vol. 5, No. 5 (2024)
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