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A taste of forest food and adivasi tradition

Visit Bhopoli village in Palghar district of Maharashtra to de-stress from urban pressures and to go back to nature




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No longer just forest residue

Women in HP are becoming financially independent thanks to pine needles




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‘Lather is the best medicine’

A hygiene drive with ‘soap banks’ is helping school children in Bihar stay healthy




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Rejuvenating land through agro-forestry

Telangana cotton farmers take up mango plantation to diversify crops, check soil erosion




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Reaping a knowledge-enabled harvest

A joint project educating Uttar Pradesh farmers on sustainable agriculture practices has helped improve output




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Women collectives prove that self-help is the best help

SHGs in the villages of Uttar Pradesh offer food security during the ongoing Covid pandemic




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Out, out, destructive pest

A mass trapping experiment is on in Maharashtra to save cotton crop from pink bollworm




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Let the village be the forest keeper

A project in Himachal Pradesh aims to promote community involvement and sustainability at the grassroots level




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Influence of polyol impurities on the transesterification kinetics, molecular structures and properties of isosorbide polycarbonate

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4204-4220
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00840E, Paper
Mingfa Guo, Yaning Wang, Zhenguang Li, Jielin Xu, Qian Chen, Jing Wu, Huaping Wang
A so-called “reverse-addition” model protocol based on two kinds of polyol impurities (glycerol and 2-deoxy-D-ribose) was established to systematically demonstrate their influence on the polymerization and properties of PIC.
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Self-healable, reprocessable and anti-flammable eugenol-derived covalent adaptable thermosets based on dynamic covalent boronic esters and thiol–ene click chemistry

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00684D, Paper
Haoxin Niu, Yu Li, Ping Zhang, Wenwen Guo, Xin Wang, Yuan Hu
Self-healable and reprocessable eugenol-derived covalent adaptable thermosets were fabricated via dynamic covalent boronic esters and thiol–ene click chemistry.
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An efficient and economical degradation strategy for epoxy thermoset based on low cost transesterification catalyst

Polym. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01137F, Paper
Zhijun Yang, Shuhan Zhang, Huan Liang, Enjian He, Yixuan Wang, Ting Lei, Zhicheng Wu, Qiulin Chen, Fusheng Zhou, Yen Wei, Yan Ji
Epoxy thermoset materials are widely used in the field of electrical engineering, including gas-insulated enclosed switches and drytype transformers. It is a challenge to degrade and recycle traditional epoxy thermoset,...
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Alternating Radical Copolymerization of α-Styrylboronic Acid Pinacol Ester with Electron-Deficient Olefins

Polym. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00976B, Paper
Yiyang Xiao, Zepeng Zhang, Yan Xu, Jianbo Wang
Here, α-styryl boronic acid pinacol ester (StBpin) has been found to undergo alternating radical copolymerization with electron-deficient olefin comonomers, including n-butyl acrylate, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, acrylonitrile, and N-ethylmaleimide. Compared with styrene, which...
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Synthesis of degradable polyester with high molecular weight and excellent mechanical properties through copolymerization modification of poly(butylene succinate)

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4570-4579
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01050G, Paper
Hongji Wang, Xiaojun Ma, Hanyu Yao, Haohao Chang, Yin Lv, Zhong Wei
The degradable copolymer of polybutylene succinate (PBS) modified with tricyclodecane dimethanol (TCD) presented significantly enhanced tensile strength and elongation at break.
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Composition-dependent emission colors for biomass-based main-chain luminescent liquid crystalline copolyesters with excellent tensile properties

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00946K, Paper
Wei Wang, Jing Wang, Wenting Li, Guangjian Liao, Yuan Qiu, Guochuan Yin, Yonggui Liao, Xiaolin Xie
The emission colors of high-performance MCLCPs with biomass-based bifuran and AIE-active cyanostilbene units can be tuned by the composition from blue to cyan, and then to green. Upon UV exposure, the thin film can undergo an emission color change.
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Eugenol-based polyester and its bamboo fiber composite with enhanced mechanical and anti-ultraviolet properties

Polym. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00998C, Paper
Meiran Xie, Qiubo Wang, Xinyu Hu, Shuyao Wang, Ruyi Sun, Xiaojuan Liao
Eugenol (UG) is a sustainable allyl-substituted guaiacol that easily becomes the monomers for acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization. Nevertheless, the ADMET polymers usually have a moderate molecular weight and poor...
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Decellularization of caprine forestomach rumen tissue modified with silver nanowires as an antibacterial skin substitute scaffold in wound care therapeutics

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01560F, Paper
Athmana P. A., Asna Jaleel K. I., Sinduja Malarkodi Elangovan, Riza Paul, Naveen Subbaiyan, Parthiban Shanmugam, Gopal Shankar Krishnakumar
Caprine forestomach native collagen (CFNC) modified with silver nanowires (AgNWs) as a new class of biomimetic xenograft for skin regeneration with strong antimicrobial properties.
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Controlled therapeutic cholesterol delivery to cells for the proliferation and differentiation of keratinocytes

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11110-11122
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01015A, Paper
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Krzysztof Berniak, Ahmadreza Moradi, Agata Lichawska-Cieslar, Weronika Szukala, Jolanta Jura, Urszula Stachewicz
The research concept involves investigating how cholesterol endocytosis impacts cells using electrospun fibers as a carrier. We studied keratinocyte proliferation and evaluated gene expression levels for markers of early and late differentiation.
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Quantum DFT analysis and molecular docking investigation of various potential breast cancer drugs

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01803F, Paper
Ashraf Ayub, Ankit Raj Tyagi, Sunil Kumar Srivastava, Pranveer Singh
Breast cancer is the most often diagnosed and deadliest type of cancer in the world. These days, the world is facing the threat of breast cancer. It is essential to...
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The This is Us Contest: Win COOL Prizes!

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Bigg Boss 12: 'I believed I was the strongest contender'

'The Bigg Boss 12 trophy may go to anyone, but I will always say the true winner is Surbhi Rana.'





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Khatron Ke Khiladi 12: The Contestants

Rohit Shetty has started shooting for the 12th season of his adventure reality show, Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi, in South Africa and the celeb contestants seem to be having loads fun already!




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Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa 10: Meet The Contestants

After being off the air for five years, celebrity dance reality show is all set to return on September 2.




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Bigg Boss 16: Is Sajid the SMARTEST player? VOTE!

After two months of Bigg Boss 16, Sajid Khan is being tagged as the real mastermind inside the BB house.




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Which Is India's Largest TV Channel?

DD Freedish is the 'largest TV platform in India', going to 58 million homes, featuring 70-odd private channels.DD Freedish reaches about 278 million people, and is easily among the top five TV platforms in the world.




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Khatron Ke Khiladi 13: Meet The Contestants

Rohit Shetty returns with the 13th season of the adventure reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi, and the contestant line-up seems quite interesting.




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Who Won Best Ma, Pita, Beta, Beti....

Who won what at the Star Parivaar Awards?




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Meet The Contestants Of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 11

The 11th season of the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is all set to air from November 11 on Sony Entertainment Television.




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Meet The Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 Contestants

Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi, the adrenaline-pumping reality show hosted by Rohit Shetty, returns with its 14th season, promising more thrills, chills and heart-stopping stunts.




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Meet the youngest athletes at sport’s biggest stage

Several Indians made their debut at the Olympics when they were in their teens — the youngest was just 11




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Start-ups are shaking up the disability space even as investors lag

Why don’t Venture Capitalists and funders view those with disability as consumers with a wallet and a need? ask entrepreneurs who have built promising assistive solutions




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Restoring Kozhikode’s Zamorin past with gentle retouches

The spruced up Tali temple pond complex serves as a portrait to the culture and history of the erstwhile rulers of Malabar




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Machan at the Taj takes its guests for a safari — inside its kitchens!

The iconic hotel at the heart of Delhi is reimagining and re-inventing the business of hospitality in creative ways




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The greatest Houdini acts

On March 24, 1944, 76 Allied prisoners attempted one of the most ambitious escapes from a German prison camp, dramatised in the film, The Great Escape. The quiz is all about famous and narrow escapes




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The greatest Houdini acts

On 12 September1943, German Commando Otto Skorzeny and his forces rescued Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from house arrest. This week’s quiz is about escapes and rescues




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Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up scale the highest summit in the world