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If I see you again tomorrow / Robbie Couch

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We contain multitudes / Sarah Henstra

Henstra, Sarah, author




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Insect experts in the rain forest / Sue Fliess ; illustrated by Mia Powell

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Programmed to paint / written and illustrated by Mauricio Abril

Abril, Mauricio, author, illustrator




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Fireside Ventures aims to birth Indian mega-brands

Why VC firm Fireside Ventures believes it can build multimillion-dollar consumer brands in India without burning capital




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Plumbing AI to detect water leakage

SmartTerra offers water utilities solutions to minimise loss, maximise supply 




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Investors scramble for a slice of AI pie

AI start-up valuations skyrocket as venture capitalists vie to spot an OpenAI-like home-grown winner 




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The many failures behind each ‘success story’

What’s behind the craze for highly successful people... and ventures




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Traffic stopper: AI-powered road discipline

Pushpak AI’s automated system is programmed to curb traffic jams and violations




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What prevents a business from scaling sustainably?

Why a headcount spike cannot be confused with organisational growth




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Why India Inc is slow to adopt AI tech

Indian firms appear willing to explore AI deployment, but most projects are stuck in pilot stage




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Raising millions over a cup of coffee

The beverage of choice at cafes mushrooming in metros and small towns alike is proving a strong draw for VC investments too




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A road inspector with AI prowess

HanuAI uses artificial intelligence to detect and record defects on major and minor roads




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Venture capital: On the trail of buying power

Why VC firm Elevation Capital chooses to stay invested in consumer brands




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Digital detox for hallucinating chatbots and other AI fails

Bengaluru start-up’s automated platform detects and fixes machine learning gone wrong




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Women entrepreneurs and the fear of failure

The many ways in which women entrepreneurs are at a disadvantage compared to male peers




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Fund thesis: AI is the X-factor 

Why VC firm Good Capital wants to be an early investor in AI-powered businesses




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Drawing water from air on a sustainable, industrial scale

Uravu Labs devises an affordable means of mimicking nature’s water cycle




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Guilt-free, air-fried snacking ventures

New-age startups offer to instant deliver tasty, healthy refreshments that are easy on the pocket too




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Coaching future Olympians with AI-aided computer vision

Why Bengaluru startup Game Theory believes technology offers our best shot at sporting glory




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Bidirectional strain release in a thermosalient organic salt crystal induced by anisotropic thermal expansion and phase transformation

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04764H, Communication
Priyasha Harsha, Dinabandhu Das
Two-way release of strain followed by jumping in an organic salt crystal can be attributed to the anisotropic thermal expansion by heating and phase transformation followed by shear deformation of the crystals by cooling.
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Recent Advances in Photochemical Strain-Release Reactions of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05108D, Highlight
Xiang Zhou, Ye Hu, Yao Huang, Yang Xiong
Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes (BCBs) are attractive compounds for their beautiful “butterfly” conformations, distinctive properties, and novel reactivities. As soon as the first example had been synthesized, a wide range of strain-release reactions...
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Employing a PhI(OAc)2-mediated domino reaction to assemble nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivatives and assessing their anti-inflammatory activity

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13352-13355
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03245D, Communication
Xinyue Li, Yuhua Fang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Shenshen Luo, Yuhui Xue, Tingting Yong, Bin Wang
Metal-free radical cascade synthesis of substituted pyrazole derivatives was initiated by PhI(OAc)2 at 23 °C.
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A MOF-derived CuO/TiO2 photocatalyst for methanol production from CO2 reduction in an AI-assisted continuous flow reactor

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05008H, Communication
Bhavya Jaksani, Ruchi Chauhan, Switi Dattatraya Kshirsagar, Abhilash Rana, Ujjwal Pal, Ajay K. Singh
An AI-assisted continuous flow reactor for CO2 reduction to methanol using a MOF-derived CuO/TiO2 photocatalyst.
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Sustainable Production of Aromatic Chemicals from Lignin using Enzymes and Engineered Microbes

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05064A, Feature Article
Open Access
Timothy D.H. Bugg, Victoria Sodré
Lignin is an aromatic biopolymer found in plant cell walls, that is the must abundant source of renewable aromatic carbon in the biosphere. Hence there is considerable interest in the...
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In the creative universe of Raghu Rai

The internationally-acclaimed photographer tells us how he enjoys his work and food




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When Parle G said ‘Oh, fudge’

What do you get when a 93-year-old and a two-year-old get together? Bombay Sweet Shop’s desserts steeped in nostalgia with a hint of the modern




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The 2022 sadya fix: what Chennai’s restaurants have in store

Festive fundraisers, takeaway menus, and payasam gift boxes. There’s a lot to choose from for this year’s Onam sadya




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Watch | Masterchef Australia 2018 winner Sashi Cheliah opens restaurant in Chennai 

A video on Pandan Club, a new restaurant in Chennai with a unique Peranakan Malaysian menu




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Theobroma, Mumbai’s popular patisserie, opens its first outlet in Chennai

After 100 outlets across the country, Theobroma opens its first patisserie in the city, in Anna Nagar. The second will open in Nungambakkam next week and feature all the favourites



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Korean jjigae and scallops from Hokkaido: Pa Pa Ya opens its doors to Chennai

Pa Pa Ya finally opens its doors in the city. We try its signature mix of playful experiments with Asian cuisine, from tuna tataki pizza to Korean jjigae




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Predictions for 2023: AI, VR boom in hospitality, wellness and gaming, and Balenciaga in India

This is the time of year when that we draw up the Best Of 2022 lists, and trend forecasts for 2023. And But how do you predict the unpredictable? We start with gains from the past.



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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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On a Ramzan food trail in Visakhapatnam

From the creamy slow-cooked haleem to paya nihari and sheer kurma, restaurants and hotels in Visakhapatnam are offer an array of Ramzan delicacies




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Coimbatore’s Karumbukkadai comes alive at iftar

As the city soaks in the spirit of the holy month of Ramzan, we have crispy potato samosas, piping hot kebabs, and refreshing nungu milk for iftar at Karumbukkadai and Podanur



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At Kraft, a concept store in Chennai, shop for pendant lights and wall art over a meal of crispy keema dosas and Korean burgers

Shop, eat, and try your hand at games at Kraft, the concept store that showcases around 60 different types of furniture and decor




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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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Karupatti aappam in Madurai: Meet a streetside vendor who makes this sweet treat

MG Vedhavathi has been making soft karupatti aappams on Kamarajar Salai for over a decade




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Sponsoring dependencies: The next step in open source sustainability

When the JavaScript Standard Style (StandardJS) project1 decided to show ads during installation, the backlash was swift and harsh. The project is an opinionated JavaScript style guide, formatter, and linter all in one, and it was also the first npm project to try and raise money by inserting an ad in the command line.2 The...




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The structural, electronic and thermodynamic properties of the designed p-benzoquinone based dicationic ionic liquids: insight from DFT–GD3 and QTAIM

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00119B, Paper
Hossein Roohi, Sajedeh Habibipour, Khatereh Ghauri
In this work, physicochemical properties of the dicationic ionic liquids [BTAD][A1–8]2 ([BTAD]2+ = [p-C6O2(N3H2)2]2+ and A1–8 = [CH3CO2], [CF3CO2], [N(CN)2], [CF3SO3], [ClO4], [BF4], [NTf2] and [PF6]) were theoretically investigated.
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DORA-XGB: An improved enzymatic reaction feasibility classifier trained using a novel synthetic data approach

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00118D, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Yash Chainani, Joseph Ni, Kevin Shebek, Keith Tyo, Linda J. Broadbelt
Retrobiosynthesis tools harness the inherent promiscuities of enzymes for the de novo design of novel biosynthetic pathways to key small molecules. Many existing pathway search algorithms rely on exhaustively enumerating...
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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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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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Nouveau
978-2-311-66541-3
Toutes les informations utiles - La prise en charge - La législation à jour
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L’art japonais du bonheur

18,90 €

Le Yen Mai
1re édition
octobre 2024
256 pages
Quelle est la méthode japonaise du bonheur ? Dans chaque précepte traditionnel du pays du Soleil-Levant se trouve une sagesse, une leçon à conserver précieusement, une occasion de joie et d'enrichissement.
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978-2-311-15129-9
Un voyage au pays du Soleil-Levant et en soi-même
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Mother Teresa declared Saint Teresa of Calcutta

In his homily after Mother Teresa’s canonisation, Pope Francis admitted even he would find it hard to call her “St. Teresa” since her tenderness was so maternal.




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Faith is indispensible




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Varadaraja praised




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Maya explained




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Seeking Acharya’s help to attain liberation




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Dharma in daily life