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Daily Quiz | On Guru Nanak, Sikhism

November 8, 2022, is the 553rd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru. A quiz on Guru Nanak and Sikhism on the occasion of Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurpurab




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Functionalized Schiff-base containing phenothiazine and cholic acid as a paper-based fluorescence turn-off sensor for Sn(II) ion detection and its application

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00853G, Paper
Dipakkumar Bariya, Satyendra Mishra
The development of the cholyl hydrazide Schiff base of phenothiazine as a paper-based sensor for the detection of Sn(II) ions with chelation-enhanced fluorescence quenching sensing mechanism and its possible integration into a logic gate system.
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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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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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Synthesis, anticancer activity and molecular simulation of N-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)thioureas containing pyrimidine ring

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00209A, Paper
Vu Ngoc Toan, Nguyen Dinh Thanh, Do Son Hai, Nguyen Minh Tri
A series of thioureas 7a-k containing pyrimidine and D-glucose moiety have been synthesized through the reaction between substituted 2-aminopyrimidines 3a-k and tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl isothiocyanate 6. The yields achieved were 55‒77%. The...
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Tailoring of novel morpholine-sulphonamide linked thiazole moiety as dual targeting DHFR/DNA gyrase inhibitors: Synthesis, antimicrobial, antibiofilm activities and DFT with molecular modelling studies

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05774G, Paper
Moaz M. Abdou, Essam Eliwa, Mohamed Abdel Reheim, Ahmed Abu-Rayyan, Shimaa M. Abd El-Gilil, Mohammed Abu-Elghait , Mohamed H. Sharaf, Mohamed Kalaba, Ahmed Halawa, Walid Elgammal
Herein, the chemical synthesis of new thiazoles-based benzenesulfonamide-linked morpholine 4a,b–7 via late-stage thiazolation of the corresponding thiosemicarbazone 3 was reported. The skeletal formulas of the new compounds were confirmed by...
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Magnesium(II) complexes supported by indole- and pyrrole-containing Schiff-base ligands: syntheses, structures, and applications as precatalysts in the hydroboration of nitriles and alkynes

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7125-7133
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00492B, Paper
Mengxiang Wu, Ling Chen, Xiaohan Yang, Yahong Li
Five magnesium compounds were synthesized. They are active precatalysts for the hydroboration of nitriles and alkynes. The catalytic reactions feature mild reaction conditions, excellent functional group tolerance, and high yields.
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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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Medieval afterlives [electronic resource] : transforming traditions in Shakespeare and early English drama / edited by Daisy Black and Katharine Goodland

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2024




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2024/10/05 (Billings, MT): Charlotte Bellows at the High Plains Book Awards

The Definition of Beautiful has been shortlisted for the High Plains Book Awards in two categories: Creative Nonfiction and First Book. The winners of both […]

The post 2024/10/05 (Billings, MT): Charlotte Bellows at the High Plains Book Awards appeared first on Freehand Books.




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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 […]

The post 2024/12/07-08 (Montreal): Alice Zorn and Alice Irene Whittaker at the Read Quebec Book Fair appeared first on Freehand Books.




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Enhance your prompts with Vertex AI Prompt Optimizer

Vertex AI Prompt Optimizer, a new managed automated prompt engineering service, can help save time and effort in prompt engineering while ensuring performing prompts ready for your generative AI applications.




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Announcing Build with Google AI release 3: A Season of Gemma!

The season showcases new applications of Gemma, including a personal AI code assistant and projects for non-English tasks and business email processing.




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Towards Global Understanding – Advancing Multilingual AI with Gemma 2 and a $150K Challenge

Google is building AI models, focusing on Gemma, to bridge communication gaps across languages.




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People of AI: Season 3 Takeaways and Season 4 Previews

The People of AI podcast Season 3 highlighted inspiring stories and career anecdotes from individuals shaping the future of AI, focusing on themes of democratizing AI, AI for Good, redefining intelligence, and AI's impact on work.




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Compare Mode in Google AI Studio: Your Companion for Choosing the Right Gemini Model

Compare Mode is a powerful new feature designed to help you make informed decisions about which Gemini model best suits your needs.




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Introducing Keras Hub: Your one-stop shop for pretrained models

KerasHub is a new unified library for pretrained models fostering a more cohesive ecosystem for developers.




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Evolving the Responsible Generative AI Toolkit with new tools for every LLM

The Responsible Generative AI Toolkit is being expanded with new features to support responsible AI development across all LLMs, including SynthID Text for watermarking.




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Bringing AI Agents to production with Gemini API

AgentOps uses the Gemini API to provide cost-effective and powerful LLM-powered agent observability for enterprises.




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Gemini API and Google AI Studio now offer Grounding with Google Search

Grounding with Google Search for the Gemini API and Google AI Studio enhances the accuracy and freshness of Gemini's responses by leveraging Google Search data.




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Supercharging AI Coding Assistants with Gemini Models' Long Context

Sourcegraph's Cody AI assistant, integrated with Google's Gemini 1.5 Flash, can evaluate the advantages of using long-context windows in AI models for code generation and understanding.




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Gemini is now accessible from the OpenAI Library

Developers can now access and build with the latest Gemini models through the OpenAI Library and REST API. Update your code with three lines and get started.




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Web AI Summit 2024 Recap: Client-Side AI for Developers

The first Web AI Summit, hosted by Google on October 18, 2024, brought together experts in machine learning models for web browsers.




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Act of faith

Amit Bhargav who plays Krishna in the new Tamil tele-serial Mahabharatham




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Rain or shine, August set to be the month of travel 

With the upcoming long weekend, tour conductors are observing an increase in bookings 




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Chasing the sound barrier, Tamil Nadu skaters aim high for India

As skaters from Tamil Nadu get ready for the World Skate Games to be held in Argentina later this year, we speak to some of the talented men and women on wheels




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English dystopian thriller ‘Edgar and Annabel’ comes to Chennai

British playwright Sam Holcroft’s Edgar and Annabel, a dystopian story of dissenters fighting against the establishment, comes to Chennai, directed by Sunandha Raghunathan




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Tamil theatre’s new voice: Chennai audiences cheer for fresh ideas and new faces

Tamil contemporary theatre in the city sees a promising resurgence as new faces debut on stage with fresh scripts and creative ideas




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A chance to watch the celestial spectacle of Lyrids meteor shower from the foothills of Anamalai

The Coimbatore-based The Papyrus Itineraries and stargazing tour organisers Starvoirs have planned a sky-gazing event on April 22 and 23




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International dance day 2023: Senior women from Kochi are falling in love with dance all over again

More older women are now learning to dance, gathering together at apartment complexes and signing up for online classes, as they discover the benefits of movement




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Once upon a time ... Mumbai storyteller Usha Venkatraman on the many ways to relate a fable

Storyteller Usha Venkatraman on what makes the age-old tradition of oral narration reach out to new audiences



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Still ticking: HMT watches are trending again with Varchas, a limited edition series

Amidst rumours of shutting shop, the watches of HMT, which started over 60 years ago, are still ticking as collectors vie for their new Tiffany blue launch




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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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Comparative analysis of the insecticidal activity against Sitophilus oryzae (L.) and agro-morphological characteristics of maize using non-biogenic and biogenic ZnO nanoparticles

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00839H, Paper
S. Aisvarya, M. Kalyanasundaram, M. Kannan, P. Arunkumar, S. Preetha, K. Elango, K. Govindaraju
Utilizing environmentally friendly nanomaterials to address insect pests and promote plant growth is imperative.
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Green Chemistry: Advancing Planetary Phosphorus Sustainability through the Synergy of Graphene Oxide Modified with Magnetic Nanoparticles (M@GO) for Extracting Tertiary Effluent Phosphorus in Sewage Treatment Plants.

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00859B, Paper
Open Access
Andrea Muñoz-Garcia, Pablo Montoro Leal, María Mar López Guerrero, Carlos Vereda-Alonso, Elisa Vereda Alonso
Securing the enduring sustainability of global phosphorus (P) utilization has become a key societal priority. The application of green chemistry and green engineering presents an opportunity to mitigate these challenges...
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Carbon dot-embedded hydrogels promote maize germination and growth under drought stress

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00070F, Paper
Yuying Ren, Xiaona Li, Bingxu Cheng, Le Yue, Xuesong Cao, Chuanxi Wang, Zhenyu Wang
Tannic acid derived carbon dot (TACD)-embedded gelatin hydrogels (GTACDs) were formed by hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions, which as seed coating were applied to drought soil to enhance crop drought resistance and growth.
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Functionalized molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) monolayer as an efficient nanosensor towards toxic nitrogen containing gases

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1740-1754
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00072B, Paper
Wadha Alfalasi, Tanveer Hussain, Nacir Tit
Selective detection of toxic nitrogen-containing gases (e.g. NO and NO2) is achieved when special transition metal (TM) atoms are selected in doping molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) monolayer. The change of magnetic state is the secret of that selectivity.
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The development of an approach for the precision determination of thermal strain tensor elements for single crystals using the example of t-Ag0.8Li0.2InSe2

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2207-2218
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01186K, Paper
Polina S. Serebrennikova, Sergey I. Lobanov, Alexander S. Sukhikh, Lyudmila I. Isaenko, Sergey A. Gromilov
A new approach to the precision determination of single-crystal unit cell parameters is proposed and demonstrated using tetragonal Ag0.8Li0.2InSe2.
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Meta Verified is now available in India at ₹699

Meta Verified is available for direct purchase on Instagram or Facebook.




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Snapchat’s research reveal Chennai’s top nicknames

Ammu, Thala and Kutty are among the city’s most popular nicknames, says a research by Snapchat




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After Youtuber's arrest, Kerala govt warns stern legal action against misleading social media content

Kerala Police arrested controversial Youtuber 'Thoppi' who had been accused of making allegedly objectionable remarks and creating a traffic block in Malappuram district




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Meta explains how AI influences Facebook and Instagram feeds

Meta is also expanding ‘Why Am I Seeing This?’ feature in Instagram and Facebook Reels.




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Musk sets tweet-viewing limits to combat data scraping from large AI companies

Temporary limits to address “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation”




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Meta takes aim at Twitter with the launch of Threads

Threads passes 5 million sign ups in four hours: CEO Zuckerberg




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Twitter threatens legal action against “copy cat” Meta for launching Threads

In a letter to Mark Zuckerburg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Twitter, accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees to create a “copycat” app




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Meta’s Threads App ‘positive’ vibe tested by users known for false claims

Threads has started with some built-in defense mechanisms for harmful content, as its user policies are the same as Instagram’s




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BL Explainer: Elon Musk’s gambit in rebranding Twitter to X

The famous and widely liked ‘blue bird’ logo of Twitter got replaced with ‘X’




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‘Disclaimer, must for influencers when making health-related claims’

Celebs and influencers, who present themselves as health experts or medical practioners when promoting health- and wellness-related products, must provide “clear disclaimer”