The current unpredictable climate changes are causing frequent and severe droughts. Such
circumstances emphasize the need to understand the response of plants to drought stress …

Background The cumulative influence of global warming, climate abrupt changes, growing
population, topsoil erosion is becoming a threatening alarm for facing food challenges and …

Repair of bone defects is a time-consuming, self-healing process based on tissue modeling
and remodeling. However, the capacity of this method is limited, especially for critical-sized …

Climate change is threatening crop productivity worldwide and new solutions to adapt crops
to these environmental changes are urgently needed. Elevated temperatures driven by …

A class of hydrophilic polymers known as “hydrogels” have extensive water content and
three-dimensional crosslinked networks. Since the old period, they have been utilized as …

Microgreens are edible young plants that have recently attracted interest because of their
color and flavor diversity, phytonutrient abundance, short growth cycle, and minimal space …

Chemical modification of sodium alginate (SA) polymer chains can increase its functional
group species. Sodium periodate (SP) was usually used to oxidize the hydroxyl groups on …

Currently, there are no viable curative treatments that can enhance the central nervous
system's (CNS) recovery from trauma or illness. Bioengineered injectable smart/stimuli …

Bacteria navigate their way often as individual cells through their chemical and biological
environment in aqueous medium or across solid surfaces. They swim when starved or in …

Breeding new cultivars allowing reduced fertilization and irrigation is a major challenge.
International efforts towards this goal focus on noninvasive methodologies, platforms for …