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Listen to the most hardcore version of 'Enter Sandman'

Listen to James Hetfield in full metal glory belting out the song with a tiny clarinet.




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Kabir, once more!

Folk singer Prahlad Singh Tipanya is living Kabir’s philosophy




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Double bonanza

The violin duet of siblings Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi enthralled the Capital’s music lovers.




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Singing paeans to Padmarajan

Leading musicians come together for the sound track of Humans of Someone, directed by Sumesh Lal




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Music that’s worth every Benny

The hit singer talks about how tunes have ruled his life




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On August 15, Carnegie Hall echoed with Eastern and Western musical notes

Festival of India@75 brought together stalwart musicians to celebrate the freedom of musical expression




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How T.V. Sankaranarayanan’s music combined style and substance

T.V. Sankaranarayanan, who passed away recently, held aloft the Madurai Mani Iyer bani and great musical values




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Villupaattu exponent Subbu Arumugam no more

A native of Tirunelveli, Subbu Arumugam was brought to Chennai by the late comedian N.S. Krishnan to popularise Gandhiji’s life story; he was conferred with Padma Shri in 2021




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A captivating Bharatanatyam performance on the shores of Visakhapatnam

Aayana Dance Company’s hour-long Bharatanatyam dance presentation captivates the audience in Visakhapatnam. The event was an initiative of Paramparaa Foundation




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Mahindra Kabira Festival: Celebrating diversity by the banks of the Ganga

The sixth edition of the Mahindra Kabira Festival underlined the relevance of Kabir in modern times




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Friday Review Music Season Quiz #1

Here is the first of the Music Season quiz:




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Music on the streets of Mylapore: Why Carnatic vocalist Saketharaman is celebrating an age-old tradition

How Carnatic vocalist Saketharaman is taking the veedhi bhajan tradition to the younger generation




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Musician Nadaka on the geet-taar, a string instrument he crafted, and his fascination for Indian classical music

Nadaka says the geet-taar, with its integration of four instruments, helps him play the nuances and micro-tones of Carnatic music.




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‘Jacquemus’: Viral sensation Tesher’s latest single nods to Brazil, Bollywood and summertime

Infused with influences from Brazilian Baile Funk, Bollywood and hints of other regional Indian musical influences, Tesher says he wanted to create a song that would sound familiar to people across cultures 




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85% industry leaders call for major investments in quantum computing: Report




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India's net direct tax collections surge 15.4 pc to Rs 12.1 lakh crore in April-Nov




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Market capitalization of privately listed companies surged 6.4 times, PSUs grew 5 times over last 10 years: Motilal Oswal




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India is leading in AI adoption at 30%, surpassing global average of 26%: BCG report




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AI agents can handle complex workflows more efficiently than traditional GenAI




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AI agents can handle complex workflows more efficiently than traditional GenAI




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Collective effort needed to meet USD 2 trillion export target by 2030: Piyush Goyal




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Political stability boosts India's apparel appeal for exports




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Ludo platform Zupee hits record 100 million users, 6.6 billion gameplays




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FPI can go beyond 10% in listed company by reclassifying investment as FDI: RBI




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Ludo platform Zupee hits record 100 million users, 6.6 billion gameplays




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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets AIIB Board of Directors in Delhi




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Smart snacking grows 1.2 times faster than traditional snacks in India




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India's solar product exports record over 20-fold jump to $2 bn in last 2 years




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India's IT spending to reach $160 bn in 2025: Report




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Centre directs officials to speed up resolution of industrial disputes cases




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Japan to push for biofuel-compatible new cars by 2030s




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Truly insightful: Gautam Adani hosts envoys from EU, Belgium, Denmark and Germany




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Noida International Airport joins UN Global Compact




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Bears on prowl! Sensex tanks 820 points, Nifty below 24,000




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Donor-modified asymmetric N/B/O multi-resonance TADF emitters for high-performance deep-blue OLEDs with the BT.2020 color gamut

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18135-18145
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04896B, Edge Article
Open Access
Jing Jin, Zhaolong He, Di Liu, Yongqiang Mei, Jiahui Wang, Huihui Wan, Jiuyan Li
Spiro-acridine modified N/B/O type MR-TADF emitters realized deep blue fluorescence with an EQEmax of 20.5% and CIE (0.147, 0.048), which is state-of-the-art efficiency for N/B/O type deep-blue MR emitters with CIEy approaching the BT.2020 standard.
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Visible-light-responsive hybrid photocatalysts for quantitative conversion of CO2 to highly concentrated formate solutions

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18146-18160
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05289G, Edge Article
Open Access
Ewan McQueen, Noritaka Sakakibara, Kei Kamogawa, Martijn A. Zwijnenburg, Yusuke Tamaki, Osamu Ishitani, Reiner Sebastian Sprick
This highly efficient hybrid photocatalytic system can quantitatively convert CO2 to formate and produce 0.4 M of formate solution without additional concentration enrichment.
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Enhancing the performance of molecule-based piezoelectric sensors by optimizing their microstructures

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18060-18066
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05442C, Edge Article
Open Access
Zheng-Xiao Tang, Bin Wang, Zhi-Rui Li, Zhuo Huang, Hai-Xia Zhao, La-Sheng Long, Lan-Sun Zheng
A molecule-based ferroelectric [(CH3)3NCH2CH2Br][GaBr4] (1), with a d33 value of 331 pC N−1, was synthesized. The power density of the 1@S-PDMS piezoelectric sensor, featuring optimized microstructures, is up to 490 μW cm−2.
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NN bond cleavage in diazirines by a cyclic diborane(4) compound

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18048-18051
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04980B, Edge Article
Open Access
Minling Zhong, Jie Zhang, Zuowei Xie
Reactions of o-carborane-fused diborane(4) with 3H-diazirines lead to the complete cleavage of the NN bond, with one nitrogen atom being incorporated into the B–B bond.
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Spotting d-band centers of single-atom catalysts by oxygen intermediate-boosted electrochemiluminescence

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18085-18092
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03763D, Edge Article
Open Access
Ruyu Xie, Kaitao Li, Rui Tian, Chao Lu
We have proposed an oxygen intermediate-boosted electrochemiluminescence probe for rapid spotting of the d-band centers of single-atom catalysts: the d-band centers closer to the Fermi level contributed to higher luminol ECL intensities.
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A perspective on next-generation hyperfluorescent organic light-emitting diodes

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17739-17759
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05489J, Perspective
Open Access
Upasana Deori, Gyana Prakash Nanda, Caroline Murawski, Pachaiyappan Rajamalli
The evolution of next-generation HF-OLED technology and current challenges.
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Chemoenzymatic multistep retrosynthesis with transformer loops

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18031-18047
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC02408G, Edge Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
David Kreutter, Jean-Louis Reymond
Integrating enzymatic reactions into computer-aided synthesis planning (CASP) should help devise more selective, economical, and greener synthetic routes.
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Recent advances in hydrogel-based flexible strain sensors for harsh environment applications

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17799-17822
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05295A, Review Article
Open Access
Miaoyu Li, Jie Pu, Qinghe Cao, Wenbo Zhao, Yong Gao, Ting Meng, Jipeng Chen, Cao Guan
The application of hydrogel-based flexible strain sensors in harsh environments, including extreme temperatures, humidity, high mechanical strain, and strong corrosion, is investigated.
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When microplastics/plastics meet metal–organic frameworks: turning threats into opportunities

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17781-17798
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05205F, Review Article
Open Access
Pengfei Wu, Mengting Guo, Ran-Wei Zhang, Qing Huang, Guibin Wang, Ya-Qian Lan
The study discussed how MOFs treat microplastics, how to make plastic-based MOFs, and how MOF@plastic composites can be used. It aids in understanding how to convert plastic/microplastic concerns into opportunities for high-valued products.
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A critical factor in reactive oxygen species (ROS) studies: the need to understand the chemistry of the solvent used: the case of DMSO

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17843-17851
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05038J, Edge Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Shubham Bansal, Binghe Wang
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play critical roles in normal physiological processes including cellular signaling and immune responses.
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Is aromaticity loss necessary for transition-metal promoted arene–alkene cycloadditions?

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18093-18098
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05337K, Edge Article
Open Access
João V. Schober, Croix J. Laconsay, Judy I. Wu
Diene- and ene-like reactivity in transition metal coordinated arenes can be expected when there is a notable degree of aromaticity loss at the complexed arene.
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Diverse quantum interference regimes in intramolecular singlet fission chromophores with thiophene-based linkers

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17823-17830
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03546A, Edge Article
Open Access
Jonghwan Lee, Sungsik Eom, Hyungjun Kim
This work explores intramolecular singlet fission chromophores having diverse thiophene-based linkers and highlights the relation between quantum interference and nonadiabatic coupling in the multiexciton formation step of singlet fission.
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Substituent effect in determining the total structure of an all-alkynyl-protected Ag98 nanocluster for methanol tolerant oxygen reduction reaction

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18161-18169
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04318A, Edge Article
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Xiaoqin Cui, Xuehuan Zhang, Ting Li, Sheng Zhu, Gaoyi Han, Huan Li
A sterically demanding ortho-CF3 substituent defines not only the arrangement of ligands on a Ag98(2-CF3PhCC)48Cl4 nanocluster (Ag98) but also the inter-cluster interactions. Ag98 shows excellent methanol tolerance in the oxygen reduction reaction.
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Automated electrosynthesis reaction mining with multimodal large language models (MLLMs)

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17881-17891
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04630G, Edge Article
Open Access
Shi Xuan Leong, Sergio Pablo-García, Zijian Zhang, Alán Aspuru-Guzik
Leveraging multimodal large language models (MLLMs) to process multimodal data inputs and complex inter-modality data dependencies for automated (electro)chemical data mining from scientific literature.
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Quadrupolar dinuclear hypervalent tin(IV) compounds with near-infrared emission consisting of Schiff bases based on π-conjugated scaffolds

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17950-17961
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05006A, Edge Article
Open Access
Kazuya Tanimura, Kento Tanaka, Masayuki Gon, Kazuo Tanaka
The study focuses on dinuclear hypervalent tin(IV) compounds with near-infrared (NIR) emission and unique quadrupolar orientations, showing potential for constructing electronic structures with narrow energy gaps.
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A facile self-saturation process enabling the stable cycling of a small molecule menaquinone cathode in aqueous zinc batteries

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17971-17978
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04685D, Edge Article
Open Access
Shuo Li, Guoli Zhang, Qianrui Li, Tianshun He, Xiaoqi Sun
A facile self-saturation strategy, realized by the introduction of a hydrophobic methyl group on naphthoquinone, is demonstrated to suppress the dissolution of small molecule cathode materials and achieve stable cycling in aqueous zinc cells.
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