Abstract: In recent years there has been an exploitation of sustainable and environmental-friendly technologies for civil engineering applications. One of the most studied and promising technologies ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate NBPT, zeolite and humic acid in different concentrations as inhibitors of the activity of the enzyme urease. The activity of the urease enzyme was ...

This study evaluated the biological importance of immobilized urease enzyme over the free urease. The support material used for urease immobilization was alginate. Generally, the immobilization of ...

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural and Animal Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, P. R. China Jiangsu Key Laboratory of ...

Researchers have developed a novel way to treat bladder cancer. Powered by urea, a waste substance found in urine, nanobots propel themselves to and penetrate the tumor to deliver their onboard ...

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Guangdong, Shenzhen 518055, China Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, Harbin Institute of Technology ...

With fertilizer prices remaining historically high, farmers continue to seek ways to get the best bang for their buck when it comes to crop nutrients. Nitrification and urease inhibitors are a popular ...

Abstract: A highly sensitive fiber-optic urea sensor was designed and experimentally demonstrated based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect and metal-organic zeolite framework (MOF), [zeolite ...

1 Munich University of Applied Sciences HM, Munich, Germany 2 Chair of Biochemical Engineering (AVT.BioVT), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Quantifying urease activity is an important task for ...

Figure 1 Catheter Encrustation. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of crystalline precipitates forming a catheter encrustation (green) resulting from asymptomatic catheter-associated bacteriuria ...

As soon as urea fertilizer goes down in your field, it begins to disappear, broken down into ammonia gas by the enzyme urease and lost to the atmosphere through a process known as volatilization.