AIMS This study used culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches to characterize bacterial communities in copper plumbing corrosion and to assess biofilm formation and copper resistance of heterotrophic bacteria isolated from copper pipes. METHODS AND RESULTS Water and copper pipes were collected from a cold-water household distribution system affected by 'blue water' corrosion and p...

Light-induced molecular piping of cyclic peptide nanotubes to form bent tubular structures is described. The process based on the [4+4] photocycloaddition anthracene moieties, whose structural changes derived from interdigitated flat disposition precursors corresponding cycloadduct induced geometrical modifications in packing that provokes their curvature. For this purpose, we designed a new cl...

In this introduction, we first review the lessons learned in development economics about ability of randomized control trials to analyse what Duflo refers as “plumbing problems” policy implementation, opposed “engineering design. We then examine papers published within special issue from a plumbing-based perspective highlight benefits co-creation knowledge corporate sustainability through field...