{"title":"Mutually reinforcing and transpiration-dependent propagation of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> and variation potential in plants revealed by fiber organic electrochemical transistors.","authors":"Hanqi Wen, Lingxuan Kong, Xinlu Zhu, Yansong Miao, Xing Sheng, Xiaodong Chen, Yuxin Liu, Peng Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100800","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100800","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plants use hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) and variation potential (VP) waves as well as chemical transport by transpiration-driven xylem flow to facilitate cell signaling, cell-to-cell communication, and adaptation to environmental stresses. The underlying mechanisms and complex interplay among H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>, VP, and transpiration are not clearly understood because of the lack of bioengineering tools for continuous <i>in planta</i> monitoring of the dynamic biological processes. Here, we tackle the challenge by developing microfiber-shaped organic electrochemical transistors (fOECTs) that can be threaded into the plants. The sensorized microfiber revealed that both H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> and VP waves propagate faster toward the leaves than toward the roots because of the directional long-distance transport of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> in the xylem. In addition, the revealed interplays among VP, H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>, and xylem flow strongly suggest a transpiration- and intensity-dependent H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>-VP mutual-reinforcing propagation mechanism. The microfiber electronics offer a versatile platform for the <i>in situ</i> study of dynamic physiological processes in plants with high temporospatial resolution.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 5","pages":"100800"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12105492/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144162580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-01-06DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100751
Qishuo Yang, Xingxing Li, Ludan Zhao, Gang Wang, Zenglong Guo, Kangdi Niu, Shaolong Jiang, Fuchen Hou, Junhao Lin
{"title":"Unified transmission electron microscopy with the glovebox integrated system for investigating air-sensitive two-dimensional quantum materials.","authors":"Qishuo Yang, Xingxing Li, Ludan Zhao, Gang Wang, Zenglong Guo, Kangdi Niu, Shaolong Jiang, Fuchen Hou, Junhao Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100751","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100751","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is an indispensable tool for elucidating the intrinsic atomic structures of materials and provides deep insights into defect dynamics, phase transitions, and nanoscale structural details. While numerous intriguing physical properties have been revealed in recently discovered two-dimensional (2D) quantum materials, many exhibit significant sensitivity to water and oxygen under ambient conditions. This inherent instability complicates sample preparation for TEM analysis and hinders accurate property measurements. This review highlights recent technical advancements to preserve the intrinsic structures of water- and oxygen-sensitive 2D materials for atomic-scale characterizations. A critical development discussed in this review is implementing an inert gas-protected glovebox integrated system (GIS) designed specifically for TEM experiments. In addition, this review emphasizes air-sensitive materials such as 2D transition metal dichalcogenides, transition metal dihalides and trihalides, and low-dimensional magnetic materials, demonstrating breakthroughs in overcoming their environmental sensitivity. Furthermore, the progress in TEM characterization enabled by the GIS is analyzed to provide a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art methodologies in this rapidly advancing field.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 1","pages":"100751"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11764047/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143053836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-01-06DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100750
Jinyuan Sun, Tong Zhu, Yinglu Cui, Bian Wu
{"title":"Structure-based self-supervised learning enables ultrafast protein stability prediction upon mutation.","authors":"Jinyuan Sun, Tong Zhu, Yinglu Cui, Bian Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100750","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100750","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Predicting free energy changes (ΔΔG) is essential for enhancing our understanding of protein evolution and plays a pivotal role in protein engineering and pharmaceutical development. While traditional methods offer valuable insights, they are often constrained by computational speed and reliance on biased training datasets. These constraints become particularly evident when aiming for accurate ΔΔG predictions across a diverse array of protein sequences. Herein, we introduce Pythia, a self-supervised graph neural network specifically designed for zero-shot ΔΔG predictions. Our comparative benchmarks demonstrate that Pythia outperforms other self-supervised pretraining models and force field-based approaches while also exhibiting competitive performance with fully supervised models. Notably, Pythia shows strong correlations and achieves a remarkable increase in computational speed of up to 10<sup>5</sup>-fold. We further validated Pythia's performance in predicting the thermostabilizing mutations of limonene epoxide hydrolase, leading to higher experimental success rates. This exceptional efficiency has enabled us to explore 26 million high-quality protein structures, marking a significant advancement in our ability to navigate the protein sequence space and enhance our understanding of the relationships between protein genotype and phenotype. In addition, we established a web server at https://pythia.wulab.xyz to allow users to easily perform such predictions.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 1","pages":"100750"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11763918/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143053827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-01-04eCollection Date: 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100746
Lei Zhou, Yongqiang Zhou, Yunlin Zhang, Erik Jeppesen, Gesa A Weyhenmeyer
{"title":"Rainstorm-induced organic matter pulses: A key driver of carbon emissions from inland waters.","authors":"Lei Zhou, Yongqiang Zhou, Yunlin Zhang, Erik Jeppesen, Gesa A Weyhenmeyer","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100746","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100746","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Numerous rivers and lakes in the monsoon climate zone are heavily influenced by frequent rainstorms that mobilize dissolved organic matter (DOM) from pristine or urbanized environments into downstream lakes. Of particular concern is the mobilization of DOM from anthropogenic effluents, which are commonly enriched in aliphatic compounds that can be easily degraded by microorganisms. Rapid degradation of highly biodegradable DOM, in turn, may cause significant depletion of dissolved oxygen in the water, which, by creating anoxic conditions at the bottom water-sediment interface, promotes microbial production of CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub>. Further investigations based on high-frequency monitoring and novel techniques such as ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry and isotopic measurements, are needed to elucidate the processes and mechanisms by which pulsed aliphatic inputs impact lake carbon emissions.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 3","pages":"100746"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11910879/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-01-04eCollection Date: 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100764
Shuai Fu, Heng Zhang, Klaas-Jan Tielrooij, Mischa Bonn, Hai I Wang
{"title":"Tracking and controlling ultrafast charge and energy flow in graphene-semiconductor heterostructures.","authors":"Shuai Fu, Heng Zhang, Klaas-Jan Tielrooij, Mischa Bonn, Hai I Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100764","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100764","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Low-dimensional materials have left a mark on modern materials science, creating new opportunities for next-generation optoelectronic applications. Integrating disparate nanoscale building blocks into heterostructures offers the possibility of combining the advantageous features of individual components and exploring the properties arising from their interactions and atomic-scale proximity. The sensitization of graphene using semiconductors provides a highly promising platform for advancing optoelectronic applications through various hybrid systems. A critical aspect of achieving superior performance lies in understanding and controlling the fate of photogenerated charge carriers, including generation, transfer, separation, and recombination. Here, we review recent advances in understanding charge carrier dynamics in graphene-semiconductor heterostructures by ultrafast laser spectroscopies. First, we present a comprehensive overview of graphene-based heterostructures and their state-of-the-art optoelectronic applications. This is succeeded by an introduction to the theoretical frameworks that elucidate the fundamental principles and determinants influencing charge transfer and energy transfer-two critical interfacial processes that are vital for both fundamental research and device performance. We then outline recent efforts aimed at investigating ultrafast charge/energy flow in graphene-semiconductor heterostructures, focusing on illustrating the trajectories, directions, and mechanisms of transfer and recombination processes. Subsequently, we discuss effective control knobs that allow fine-tuning of these processes. Finally, we address the challenges and prospects for further investigation in this field.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 3","pages":"100764"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11910822/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-01-04eCollection Date: 2025-04-07DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100758
Gaelle Piret, Fun Man Fung, Josie Fullerton, Giuseppe Fico, Dmitriy Ponkratov, Wenxin Chen, Daniela Latorre, Kirsty Y Wan, Nima Aghaeepour, Jules Welgryn, Adeel Razi, Patricia Silveyra, Ahmet Altun, Renata Z Jurkowska, Alice C Hughes, Joy Wolfram
{"title":"A call to action to address escalating global threats to academic research.","authors":"Gaelle Piret, Fun Man Fung, Josie Fullerton, Giuseppe Fico, Dmitriy Ponkratov, Wenxin Chen, Daniela Latorre, Kirsty Y Wan, Nima Aghaeepour, Jules Welgryn, Adeel Razi, Patricia Silveyra, Ahmet Altun, Renata Z Jurkowska, Alice C Hughes, Joy Wolfram","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100758","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100758","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article is a call to action to address escalating threats to scientific progress that affect academic researchers across the globe. These threats include public mistrust of science, challenges in translating academic research to end-user applications, a disconnect between academics and policymakers, emerging barriers to international collaboration, and a reliance on conventional metrics to evaluate academic performance. This article presents various calls to action informed by exemplary approaches across the globe that serve as frameworks to drive beneficial transformation for researchers, academic institutions, and society.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 4","pages":"100758"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12131030/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144226920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2025-01-03eCollection Date: 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100798
Shixia Xu, Lei Shan, Ran Tian, Zhenpeng Yu, Di Sun, Zhenhua Zhang, Inge Seim, Ming Zhou, Linxia Sun, Na Liang, Qian Zhang, Simin Chai, Daiqing Yin, Luoying Deme, Tianzhen Wu, Yongjie Chen, Zhikang Xu, Yu Zheng, Wenhua Ren, Guang Yang
{"title":"Multi-level genomic convergence of secondary aquatic adaptation in marine mammals.","authors":"Shixia Xu, Lei Shan, Ran Tian, Zhenpeng Yu, Di Sun, Zhenhua Zhang, Inge Seim, Ming Zhou, Linxia Sun, Na Liang, Qian Zhang, Simin Chai, Daiqing Yin, Luoying Deme, Tianzhen Wu, Yongjie Chen, Zhikang Xu, Yu Zheng, Wenhua Ren, Guang Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100798","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100798","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Marine mammals provide a valuable model for studying the molecular basis of convergent evolution during secondary aquatic adaptation. Using multi-omics data and functional experiments, including CRISPR-Cas9 mouse models and luciferase reporter assays, this study explored the molecular mechanisms driving this transition across coding regions, regulatory elements, and genomic architecture. Convergent amino acid substitutions in <i>APPL1</i> <sup>P378L</sup> and <i>NEIL1</i> <sup>E71G</sup> were found to promote lipid accumulation and suppress cancer cell proliferation, likely contributing to the evolution of extensive blubber layers and cancer resistance. Convergently evolved conserved non-exonic elements (CNEs) and lineage-specific regulatory variations were shown to influence the activity of nearby genes (e.g., <i>NKX3-2</i>, <i>SOX9</i>, <i>HAND2</i>), shaping cetacean limb phenotypes. Additionally, convergent shifts in topologically associating domains (TADs) across cetaceans and pinnipeds were implicated in the regulation of <i>ASXL3</i> and <i>FAM43B</i> expression, playing a role in the formation of thickened blubber layers and mitigating cancer susceptibility. Structural variations within conserved TADs were associated with the expression of neuronal genes, including <i>NUP153</i> and <i>ID4</i>, potentially driving cognitive and social adaptations. These findings provide novel insights into the molecular foundations of the convergent evolution of secondary aquatic adaptations in mammals.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 3","pages":"100798"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11910941/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2024-12-27eCollection Date: 2025-04-07DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100761
Mengjie Jia, Wenjun Miao, Yiliang Li, Yajie Guo, Jieying Zeng, Yan Gao, Xinting Li, Yufan Wang, Zhenghuan Zhao, Zichen Xu, Nancy Wang, Fang Yang, Jing Zhao, Yi Wang, Guixue Wang
{"title":"A polymerized probucol nanoformulation with neutrophil extracellular vesicle camouflage for cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury therapy.","authors":"Mengjie Jia, Wenjun Miao, Yiliang Li, Yajie Guo, Jieying Zeng, Yan Gao, Xinting Li, Yufan Wang, Zhenghuan Zhao, Zichen Xu, Nancy Wang, Fang Yang, Jing Zhao, Yi Wang, Guixue Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100761","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100761","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study leverages the unique advantages of polyprodrug systems and biomimetic technology to develop a novel biomimetic nanoformulation, in which neutrophil extracellular vesicles (NEVs) are coated onto reactive oxygen species (ROS)-sensitive probucol-based polyprodrug nanoparticles (NPPBNPs). This NEV-camouflaged biomimetic nanoformulation holds significant potential for the effective treatment of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI), offering multifaceted therapeutic effects, such as ROS elimination, inhibition of oxidative stress-induced neuronal apoptosis, attenuation of glial hyperactivation, and suppression of pro-inflammatory mediator secretion. In a murine CIRI model, NPPBNPs markedly enhanced neuronal viability, ameliorated the ischemic penumbra, restored behavioral functions, and exhibited an acceptable safety profile. The therapeutic mechanism of NPPBNPs involves NEV-mediated camouflage, which enables selective targeting of the pathological endothelium, thereby reducing peripheral neutrophil recruitment and facilitating blood-brain barrier (BBB) transport. Upon internalization by neurons, astrocytes, and microglia within ischemic regions, NPPBNPs respond to elevated intracellular ROS levels by releasing probucol in a controlled manner, which synergistically mitigates oxidative stress and inflammatory responses in CIRI-affected areas. Collectively, this multifunctional biomimetic nanoformulation represents a promising and practical strategy for the safe and effective treatment of CIRI.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 4","pages":"100761"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12131010/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144226922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toward the robustness of autonomous vehicles in the AI era.","authors":"Siheng Chen, Yiyi Liao, Fei Wang, Gang Wang, Liang Wang, Yafei Wang, Xichan Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100780","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100780","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 3","pages":"100780"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11910878/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The InnovationPub Date : 2024-12-26eCollection Date: 2025-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100779
The Innovation Editorial Team
{"title":"Advancing human dignity: The latest updates to the Declaration of Helsinki.","authors":"The Innovation Editorial Team","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100779","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100779","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 2","pages":"100779"},"PeriodicalIF":33.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11846027/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143484406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}