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Home bakers and chefs in Thiruvananthapuram have spread out a delectable platter for Christmas

Cakes, cookies, puddings and more are in the Christmas hampers sold by home cooks




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Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram has become the city’s seafood hub

Restaurants on Vizhinjam Harbour Road are making waves for dishing up the best seafood in town




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A four-day Wild Food Festival in the Nilgiris puts the spotlight on sustainability

Climate crisis is real. It’s time to switch the narrative towards seasonal, locally available produce for sustainability, say speakers at the recently-concluded four-day Nilgiris Wild Food Festival




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What is special about the Travancore biryani? Follow the trail

The long-grained biryani, once popular in southern Kerala, is intertwined with the story of Travancore and its residents




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Introducing Env: a better way to read environment variables in JavaScript

If you write server-side JavaScript, chances are you’ve need to read information from environment variables. It’s considered a best practice to share sensitive information, such as access tokens, inside of environment variables to keep them secure. However, the way environment variables are read from JavaScript is error-prone in subtle ways that might take you hours...




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Setting up a Rust development environment with Visual Studio Code

When I decided to teach myself Rust, I naturally started looking around at what editors I could use. It turned out that most of the folks I asked online were still using Visual Studio Code for Rust. To my surprise, though, setting up a complete development environment in Visual Studio Code wasn’t as straightforward as...




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Wireframe DNA origami nanostructure with the controlled opening of edges

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00144C, Paper
Maryam Mogheiseh, Reza Hasanzadeh Ghasemi
Design and simulation of wireframe DNA origami nanostructures with fast and controlled opening capability using modified DAEDALUS code.
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Elucidating the interplay between entropy-driven and patch-mediated bonding in directing nanoscale assemblies

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00153B, Paper
Kireeti Akkunuri, Xiangyu Zhang, Thi Vo
The interplay between directional patchy attraction and shape-driven entropic forces sculpts the spatial and orientational orderings between anisotropic building blocks, giving rise to symmetry breaking of pre-programmed interactions between particles.
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Development of xanthan gum-based solid desiccants for the extraction of water vapors from humid air

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00134F, Paper
Hemant Mittal, Ali Al Alili, Saeed M. Alhassan, Naved I. Malek, Md. Didarul Islam
A xanthan gum-acrylamide desiccant with interconnected capillary channels was prepared and showed 1.38 g g−1 water adsorption at 90% RH and 25 °C, retaining 70% capacity over 20 cycles, proving its effectiveness as a salt-free desiccant.
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DECESF - DC 1 à 4 - Préparation complète pour réussir sa formation - Tout-en-un 2025-2026

22,90 €15,00 €

Agnès Fostel, Gladys Bugeault, Véronique Fauconnet, Brigitte Gautier, Karl Grux, Martine Le Manach, Line Mariale, Dalila Mechaheb, Antoine Pétard, Anne Rachel Tournier, Roselyne Vuagnat
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256 pages
Un livre complet pour préparer le diplôme d'État de conseiller en économie sociale familiale (DECESF) !
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Interruption volontaire de grossesse médicamenteuse

24,00 €

Philippe Faucher, Danielle Hassoun
4e édition
octobre 2024
160 pages
Un guide simple et concis pour bien prescrire l'IVG médicamenteuse
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IADE, Infirmier anesthésiste : S'entraîner à la pratique clinique avec 20 cas concrets

19,90 €

Garry Laudren, Michaël Mimouni
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Le tout premier cahier d’exercices pour s’entraîner à la pratique et au raisonnement clinique IADE
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Spiritual journey




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Circularly polarized Room-Temperature Phosphorescence enhanced by Dynamic Cross-linked Networks fixation

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00510D, Paper
Bochun Wang, Yuzhan Li, ChangLi Zhang, Sirong Sun, Wanli He, Dong Wang, Hui Cao, Zhou Yang
Organic ultra-long room temperature phosphorescence (OURTP) has been widely used in applications including encryption and anti-counterfeiting. However, few research has focused on circularly polarised luminescence (CPL) with RTP materials. In...
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Temperature-dependent structural and optical properties of Sb-doped SnO2 nanoparticles and their electrochemical analysis for supercapacitor application

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00918E, Paper
Towseef Ahmad, Mohd Zubair Ansari
Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) play an important role in advanced energy harvesting and storage systems, as well as cutting-edge display technology.
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Ligand-assisted solvothermal precipitation synthesis of quantum-sized SnO2 nanoparticles and their application in quantum dot light emitting diodes

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00811A, Paper
Jiaxin Gao, Mengxin Liu, Xinan Shi, Daocheng Pan
Quantum dot-light emitting diodes with an external quantum efficiency of 12.9% are fabricated based on quantum sized SnO2 nanoparticles as electron transportation layers.
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Metal–organic frameworks constructed using acid–base mixed ligands, carboxylic acids and N-containing chalcone, and their catalytic performance for Knoevenagel condensation

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05164A, Paper
Limin Cheng, Junyong Zhang, Caihong Zhan, Hao Xu, Chunhua Gong, Jingli Xie
MOF materials constructed using acid–base mixed ligands serve as efficient and economical porous heterogeneous catalysts for Knoevenagel condensation.
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Boric acid-grafted biochar (BoAB) for the direct amidation of carboxylic acids and amines

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00745J, Paper
Adhish Singh, Mohit Kapoor
Boric acid grafted biochar was developed and explored for its potential in the amidation of unactivated carboxylic acids and amines under mild conditions.
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A Novel In-Syringe Cloud Point Extraction Method for the Determination of Cadmium and Lead in Human Hair Samples

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00335G, Paper
Hesane Zolfaghari, Seyed Mosayeb Daryanavard, Aqil Gholamshahzadeh
The measurement of contaminant elements, especially cadmium and lead, in biological samples typically requires time-consuming sample preparation methods that consume organic solvents that are harmful to humans and the environment....
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High-performance QLED research based on direct photo-crosslinking of PEDOT:PSS

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7379-7383
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00457D, Paper
Kai Zhang, Junpeng Fan, Changfeng Han, Rui Xu, Lintao Nie, Yuhan Sun, Lei Qian, Chaoyu Xiang, Ting Zhang
By comparing the particle size of PH1000 and 4083, the problem of the HIL layer of QLED optical crosslinking was explained, and high performance QLEDs were prepared.
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Photothermal properties of MXenes and sterilization of MRSA by Nb2C/Gel with a low power NIR-II laser

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7045-7051
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00245H, Paper
Yekai Zheng, Xinyi Fu, Li Jiang, Denghao Li, Weidan Zhao, Mi Liu, Jiali Liu, Shangzhong Jin, Yan Zhou
A comparative study on the photothermal properties of MXenes (Ti3C2, V2C and Nb2C) and MXene/Gels (Ti3C2/Gel, V2C/Gel and Nb2C/Gel). The fast and efficient sterilization of MRSA was achieved using Nb2C/Gel at low laser power.
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Research progress of Co-based spinel oxide materials for direct methanol fuel cells

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7148-7167
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05431D, Paper
Zhiyang Zhong, Qinghui Zhang, Yingying Zhu, Bingyu Chen, Siyan Xu, Tianyu Shen, Aijuan Xie, Shiping Luo
With decades of research, both the synthesis and applications of spinels have achieved greatly increased development. The preparation, regulation strategies, and their application in MOR of Co based spinels are reviewed in this paper.
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Direct pseudomorphic transformation of silica from rice husk into organo-functionalized MCM-41

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7052-7069
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00715H, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Lilia Sennoun, Chun-Cheng Lee, Yohan Fretel, Margaux Clavié, Gilles Subra, Yoann Ladner, Alfredo Napoli, Anne Galarneau, Peter Hesemann, Ahmad Mehdi
Highly ordered bio-sourced MCM-41 functionalized with amide derivatives of amino acids (AA) was successfully synthesized and applied for protein separation.
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Adsorption isotherms of enantiomers on a chiral open-framework copper borophosphate LiCu2[BP2O8(OH)2]

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7189-7196
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00314D, Paper
Zhanna D. Uteeva, Raul U. Sadykov, Diana O. Bagdanova, Marat R. Agliullin, Vladimir Yu. Guskov
The chiral recognition during adsorption in pores with only supramolecular (not molecular) chirality was shown for the first time on zeotype material copper borophosphate LiCu2[BP2O8(OH)2].
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Investigating drug abuse in hair samples using the electrospun PEDOT–CNT nanostructure along with EA-IT-SPME

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7277-7286
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00023D, Paper
Negar Sabahi Moosavi, Yadollah Yamini, Payam Osooli
Electrospinning, a simple and low-cost method, is one of the best ways to produce nanoscale porous adsorbents.
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Nanopolyhedral Zn/Fe-NC derived from bimetallic zeolitic imidazole frameworks as an efficient catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in an air-cathode microbial fuel cell

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7092-7101
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05279F, Paper
Qianwu Wang, Jingzhao Lu, Songlin Liu, Boqu Yu, Bolong Liang
The synergistic effect of Zn, N and moderate Fe doping enhances the ORR performance. The maximum power density of the Zn/Fe-NC-0.5 MFC is 1954 ± 20 mW m−2.
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Persulfate promoted regioselective C-1 thiocyanation of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines under visible light irradiation in water

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7041-7044
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00327F, Communication
Pallavi Saha, Samarpita Das, Harish K. Indurthi, Rohit Kumar, Deepak K Sharma
A visible light-mediated, photocatalyst-free, persulfate-promoted approach has been explored for regioselective C-1 thiocyanation of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
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Construction of NiCo2S4−xPx nanowire arrays for efficient hydrogen evolution reactions in both acidic and alkaline media

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00361F, Paper
Guanglei Liu, Yutong Feng, Yifan Yang, Yuan Wang, Huixiang Liu, Can Li, Mingxin Ye, Jianfeng Shen
Construction of NiCo2S4−xPx nanowire arrays for improved HER performances in both acidic and alkaline media.
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Facile synthesis of spiro-pyrazolone-tetrahydrofurans/pyrans: ipso-cyclization of arylidene pyrazolones with haloalcohols

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00447G, Paper
Kavyashree Kuppayya Gond, Mahagundappa Rachappa Maddani
Facile synthesis of spiro-pyrazolone-tetrahydrofurans & pyrans by base-mediated cascade ipso-cyclization of haloalcohols & arylidine pyrazolones is realised. Features include brief reaction time, practicality, good yields and mild reaction conditions.
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Self-Sacrificial templated-directed synthesis of ultrathin 0D/2D FeNi3-NC/NiFeOx Schottky junction as hydrogen evolution reaction electrode for alkaline seawater electrolysis

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ01321B, Paper
Zili Xu, Yuankang Bao, Xun Xu, Ping Li, Hao Zhang, Deliang Li, Shuwang Duo
Seawater, a plentiful natural resource, is promising for hydrogen production compared to traditional electrocatalytic methods based on high-purity freshwater. This strategy shift addresses the challenge of limited freshwater resources and...
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Ultrasound-assisted ionic liquid-mediated green method for synthesis of 1,3-diphenylpyrazole-based spirooxindolopyrrolizidines, their anti-tubercular activity, molecular docking study and ADME predictions

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00563E, Paper
Sravanthi Baddepuri, G. Rama Krishna, Jyothi Kumari, Sriram Dharmarajan, Srinivas Basavoju
The aim of the study is to develop the synthesis of a novel series of potent anti-tubercular (anti-TB) activity of 1,3-diphenylpyrazole-based spirooxindolopyrrolizidine derivatives via an efficient green approach achieved by...
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2024/10/28 (Edmonton): Benjamin Hertwig launches Juiceboxers at Paper Birch Books

Join Benjamin Hertwig for a local launch of Juiceboxers, his debut novel, at his very own bookstore, Paper Birch Books! WHAT: Edmonton launch of JuiceboxersWHEN: […]

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2024/12/07-08 (Montreal): Alice Zorn and Alice Irene Whittaker at the Read Quebec Book Fair

Alice Zorn (Colours in Her Hands) and Alice Irene Whittaker (Homing) will be signing books at the Read Quebec Book Fair! This vibrant event celebrates […]

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Save the date for Firebase Demo Day 2024!

Firebase Demo Day is back! Join us virtually on November 19, 2024 for a showcase of cutting-edge Firebase technology.




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Chrome on Android to support third-party autofill services natively

Chrome on Android will soon natively support third-party autofill services, providing a smoother user experience.




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Events in and around Bengaluru: Radha Thomas Quartet, Nirali’s ‘Hanchike 2022’, and more




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Angry and sad over Angry Birds flying away

Rovio entertainment’s decision to remove Angry Birds from the Google play store is leaving fans disappointed 




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Drawing inspiration from cityscapes are Urban Sketchers in different Indian cities

With more than 15 chapters in India, Urban Sketchers are documenting many aspects of everyday life and architecture



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Selenium nanomaterials promoted ferredoxin and iron–sulfur protein synthesis and acetyl CoA carboxylase activity to improve the photosynthesis and fatty-acid synthesis in soybean

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00978E, Paper
Lian Zhang, Xiaona Li, Le Yue, Xuesong Cao, Bingxu Cheng, Chuanxi Wang, Zhenyu Wang
Herein, the effect of selenium engineered nanomaterials (Se ENMs) on soybean photosynthesis and fatty-acid synthesis by regulating ferredoxin (Fd) and iron–sulfur (Fe/S) protein synthesis and acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC) activity was explored.
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Critical role of dissolved oxygen and iron–copper synergy in dual-metal/char catalyst systems

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00911D, Paper
Yang Luo, Hong Li, Hailan Yang, Zhiming Yang, Chuang Li, Shaoheng Liu, Qiang Chen, Weihua Xu, Wei Zhang, Xiaofei Tan
The critical role of dissolved oxygen and iron–copper synergy in dual-metal/char catalyst system was studied.
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Integrated microfluidic-based ultrafine water condensation particle counter (UWCPC) for monitoring of airborne nanoparticle generation and growth mechanisms

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00686G, Paper
Seong-Jae Yoo, Yong-Jun Kim
This study reports a newly developed condensation particle counter for nanoparticle source tracking, growth mechanism analysis, and wide area nanoparticle monitoring.
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The pulmonary effects of nickel-containing nanoparticles: cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, carcinogenicity, and their underlying mechanisms

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00929G, Critical Review
Yiqun Mo, Yue Zhang, Qunwei Zhang
This review summarized the cytotoxic, genotoxic, and carcinogenic effects of Ni-containing NPs on humans, lung cells in vitro, and rodent lungs in vivo, and the underlying mechanisms. Their extra-pulmonary effects were also briefly mentioned.
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What are the effects of environmental factors on Co speciation at the magnetite surface?

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00962A, Paper
Laura Fablet, Fadi Choueikani, Mathieu Pédrot, Rémi Marsac
Magnetite nanoparticles are abundant in the environment and are notably used for environmental applications due to their unique magnetic, adsorption and redox properties.
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High-efficiency removal of Cd(II) and As(III) from irrigation water using a S–Fe–C composite: performance and mechanisms

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00863K, Paper
Zihao Liang, Yanpeng Liang, Hua Lin, Yuxi Lu, Huawei Li, Jie Zhang, Honghu Zeng, Gongning Chen
SFC showcased exceptional Cd(II) and As(III) removal capacities of 405 mg g−1 and 349 mg g−1, respectively, while preserving magnetic recovery properties after repeated adsorption cycles, making it an environmentally sustainable functional material.
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Mycogenic silver nanoparticles from Penicillium citrinum IB-CLP11 – their antimicrobial activity and potential toxicity effects on freshwater organisms

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00002A, Paper
Arthur Pérez Aguiar, Cristiane Angélica Ottoni, Claudia de Lima Ramos Aquaroli, Evelyn Caroline Vicente Mendes, Ana Lúzia de Souza Araújo, Marta Filipa Simões, Edison Barbieri
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are some of the most attractive nanomaterials for commercial applications, but they can also be a very challenging issue from the point of view of cytotoxicity and phytotoxicity as agents that damage genetic information.
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Fractionation and preconcentration of silver nanoparticles at environmentally relevant concentrations through induced eco-corona formation and spICP-MS characterization

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1559-1570
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00933E, Paper
Aline Martins de Andrade, Anerise de Barros, Italo Odone Mazali, Marco Aurélio Zezzi Arruda
The release of nanoparticles (NPs) into environmental matrices has raised concerns regarding the contamination of environmental matrices. An induced eco-corona method was used to preconcentrate silver NPs in environmental waters analysed by spICP-MS.
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