Throughout evolution, a wide number of organisms specialized in parasitizing plants. Plants are not exceptions; certain plant species evolved as parasites of their own kind. Parasitic angiosperms evolved at least 12 times and show various lifestyles. For example, facultative parasitic plants can complete their life cycle and produce seeds without hosts, whereas obligate parasitic plants totally...

A novel gas sensor consisting of porous, non-stacked reduced graphene oxide (NSrGO)-heaxfluorohydoroxypropanyl benzene (HFHPB) nanosheets was successfully fabricated, allowing the detection of dimethyl methyl phosphonate (DMMP), similar to sarin toxic gas. The HFHPB group was chemically grafted to the NSrGO via a diazotization reaction to produce NSrGO-HFHPB. The NSrGO-HFHPB 3D film has a mesop...

Dr. Albert Lowenfels made outstanding contributions to the understanding of pancreatic diseases. His exceptional achievements in the field of pancreatic epidemiology were seminal for the characterization of lifestyle factors such as smoking, drinking and obesity in the pathogenesis of pancreatic diseases. In this interview, Dr. Lowenfels shares with Pancreatology his experience as pancreatic re...

Greg Burgess, Joel Freeman, Javier G. Fernandez-Velasco, and Keith Lovegrove (1) Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSES), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology; (2) Photobioenergetics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences (RSBS). The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 AUSTRALIA E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], Keith.Lovegr...