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Should you be a river : a poem about love / Ed Young

Young, Ed, author, illustrator




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The music of life : Bartolomeo Cristofori & the invention of the piano / by Elizabeth Rusch ; illustrated by Marjorie Priceman

Rusch, Elizabeth, author




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From shop floor to big label store

Bidso links contract manufacturing factories to brands that lend them their name




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There must be ease of winding up business, too

Why a business that wants to down shutters must be offered the right kind of support




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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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Alcohol beverage start-ups pour a stiff competition

Newly minted makers of alcoholic beverages put up spirited fight in a market ruled by legacy corporations




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Inclusive program: Leaving no child behind in software skills

Hyderabad start-up’s tactile cardboard kit introduces visually challenged students to joys of coding 




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India’s booming D2C beauty market

Start-ups take on personal care biggies with niche products, mostly home-delivered through e-commerce




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Hovering fighters birthed in Bengaluru

Start-up Zulu Defence manufactures drones geared for deployment in warfare




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A budget that chose to be on the side of the angels

Why the nixing of angel tax can prove a game changer for job creation in India




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When talent becomes unaffordable for startups

Why good leadership is increasingly beyond the means of startups looking to build great products




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The synthesis of specifically isotope labelled fluorotryptophan and its use in mammalian cell-based protein expression for 19F-NMR applications

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04789C, Communication
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Giorgia Toscano, Martina Rosati, Letizia Barbieri, Katharina Maier, Lucia Banci, Enrico Luchinat, Robert Konrat, Roman J. Lichtenecker
Combining multistep organic synthesis with mammalian cell based protein overexpression leads to isolated 13C–19F spin systems in tryptophan side chains, which represent ideal sensors to probe protein interaction and dynamics using NMR spectroscopy.
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What could be the low-temperature limit of atomic layer deposition of platinum using MeCpPtMe3 and oxygen?

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04679J, Communication
Hao Van Bui, Anh Phan Nguyen, Manh Duc Dang, Truong Duc Dinh, Patricia J. Kooyman, J. Ruud Van Ommen
Room-temperature atmospheric-pressure ALD enables the deposition of highly dispersed Pt sub-nanometer clusters on a gram-scale quantity of TiO2 nanopowder.
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Efficient electrocoupling of CO2 and N2 to urea by a gas-penetrable Bi nanosheet-wrapped Cu hollow fiber

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13420-13423
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04595E, Communication
Jinning Wang, Yuyu Wang, Fang Wang, Jinfu Ma, Zhengguo Zhang, Shixiong Min
A gas-penetrable electrode of Bi nanosheet-wrapped Cu hollow fiber (Bi NSAs@Cu HF) exhibits high activity and stability for urea production from the electrocoupling of CO2 and N2.
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Sb nanoparticles embedded uniformly on the surface of porous carbon fibres for high-efficiency sodium storage

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13428-13431
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04806G, Communication
Yafei Zhao, Kai Xue, Xinyu Liu, Zhiyuan Gao, Junhao Zhang, Yuanjun Liu, Xiangjun Zheng, ZhongYao Duan, Qianqian Fan, Xingmei Guo
Sb nanoparticles (∼5 nm) are embedded uniformly on the surface of carbon fibers to prepare Sb NPs–SCFs, which exhibit excellent sodium storage with a stable capacity of 381.9 mA h g−1 at 1.0 A g−1 after 200 cycles, due to their unique structure.
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Expedient (3+3)-annulation of carbonyl ylides with azaoxyallyl cations: formal access to oxa-benzo[c]azepin-3-ones

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13368-13371
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04946B, Communication
Kshitiz Verma, Hemanga Bhattacharyya, Sharajit Saha, Tharmalingam Punniyamurthy
Cascade C–C/C–N bond formation of carbonyl ylides with azaoxyallyl cations generated in situ using Rh-catalysis has been accomplished in the presence of a base at room temperature.
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Catalytically transforming legacy phthalate esters from plastic waste into benzoic acid and benzoate plasticizers

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05158K, Communication
Open Access
Simon Windels, Dirk E. De Vos
Upcycling of plastic-waste derived phthalate plasticizers into benzoic acid via a one-pot hydrolysis–decarboxylation process using Cu2O and H-beta 75 in water.
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Investigations of the interactions between ZnO nanorods and H2 with 17O NMR spectroscopy

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05371K, Communication
Benteng Song, Fang Wang, Qin Zhu, Ling-Hai Xie, Luming Peng
Schematic diagram for the interaction of H2 with ZnO nanorods under different conditions.
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Base-Promoted Cascade 5-exo-dig Annulation/Carboxylation of o-(1-Alkynyl)benzenesulfonamides with CO2: Divergent Synthesis of Mono- or Gem-dicarboxylic Esters

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05239K, Communication
Yang Yao, Junxue Bai, Peidong Cheng, Han Yang, Jianwei Sun, Song Sun
A base-promoted cascade 5-exo-dig cyclization/carboxylation of o-alkynylsulfamides with CO2 has been accomplished, furnishing a variety of benzosultams-containing acrylates in good yields by using CO2 as the carboxylic source. Notably, in...
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Laccase-catalyzed tyrosine click reaction with 1-methyl-4-arylurazole: rapid labeling on protein surfaces

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03802A, Communication
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Keita Nakane, Chizu Fujimura, Shogo Miyano, Zhengyi Liu, Tatsuya Niwa, Hafumi Nishi, Tetsuya Kadonosono, Hideki Taguchi, Shusuke Tomoshige, Minoru Ishikawa, Shinichi Sato
Our study shows efficient tyrosine labeling using 1-methyl-4-arylurazole (MAUra) with laccase under mild conditions. This method achieves a high efficiency (kcat/Km = 7.88 × 104 M−1 s−1), selectively targeting exposed tyrosine sites on proteins.
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Positional effects of electron-donating and withdrawing groups on the photophysical properties of single benzene fluorophores

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04451G, Communication
Dopil Kim, Jun Yeong Kim, Haein Kim, Eunjin Jeong, Minhyuk Lee, Dongwook Kim, JunWoo Kim, Myung Hwan Park, Min Kim
We investigated how the positional arrangement of electron-donating (amino) and electron-withdrawing (ester) groups in single benzene-based fluorophores influences their emission properties. By synthesizing 26 regioisomeric fluorophores, we achieved wavelength modulation...
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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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The Gods must be pleased

How the Gujarathi Vaishnava community bond together over food they prepare for the annual Annakoot festival




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Moringa honey: How Italian bees are helping farmers in sweet enterprise

Moringa honey is among the most popular varieties of floral nectar in the food sector. Farmer and beekeeper N Dhandayuthapani is one of those in the Cauvery delta reaping the benefit of combining apiary with agriculture




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Chaat in a bento box

There is a reason why street food has found its way into the menu cards of most restaurants...




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Bengaluru hosts Indian Cacao & Craft Chocolate Festival this weekend

The upcoming craft chocolate fest promises to be an eye-opener on the entire bean-to-bar experience




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Farmlore in Bengaluru sets out to prove that luxury dining can be local, ethical and even fun

Set on 37 acres of farmland, the restaurant seats just 18 guests, serving multi-course menus starring ethically sourced seafood and meat, as well as freshly harvested vegetables and foraged wild greens




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The story behind Goila butter chicken

Saransh Goila tells how Goila Butter Chicken was born and why it is less sweet




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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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Chef Manu Chandra opens LUPA, an oasis on Bengaluru’s busy MG road

LUPA, the flagship restaurant of chef Manu Chandra, will take you far from the madding crowd




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How Pune is becoming a dining destination, drawing cosmopolitan bar hoppers

With a heady mix of craft beer, high energy spaces and unique cocktail programmes, Pune cracks the cocktail code




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The origins of the Bengali tradition of ‘cha-ta’ may be colonial

Evenings snacks are a serious business with Bengali cha and the tradition may have something to do with the high tea of the Brits




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Gambling and problem gambling in Washington State : report to the Washington State Lottery / by Rachel A. Volberg

Albany, NY : Gemini Research, [1993]




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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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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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In silico investigation of the interaction between α-synuclein aggregates and organic supramolecular assemblies

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,1155-1166
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00071D, Paper
Laura Le Bras, Yves L. Dory, Benoît Champagne
An α-synuclein aggregate with the PreNAC and NACore areas, responsible for the aggregation, highlighted.
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Computational-assisted molecular design, synthesis and application of benzobisthiadiazole-based near-infrared dye in electrowetting displays

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,1144-1154
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00115J, Paper
Junheng Chen, Haoteng Lin, Xintong Wang, Dinggui He, Baoyi Luo, Yuanyuan Guo, Wangqiao Chen, Guofu Zhou
Computational-assisted molecular design of benzobisthiadiazole-based donor–acceptor–donor type near-infrared dyes, their synthesis and application as colored inks in electrowetting displays.
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Selective mineralization at hydrogel interface induced by fusion between peptide hydrogels

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,1107-1115
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00112E, Paper
Yongbaek Kim, Hiroto Isobe, Keishi Nishio, Kazuki Murai
Biomineralization has garnered attention not only for its fundamental role in understanding the mechanisms of biomineral formation but also as a method for fabricating next-generation functional materials.
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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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Beneficial samskaras




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Prerequisites for liberation




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Prerequisites for liberation




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Seeking Acharya’s help to attain liberation




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Synergistic effects of vanadium incorporation in cobalt-based LDH on electron and proton transfer during electrocatalytic benzyl alcohol oxidation

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00728J, Paper
Jingjing Bai, Liang Chen, Chenghang Lv, Hongyu Ruo, Yanlong Pan, Shoudong Xu, Jiaqi Chen, Bingchuan Yang, Ding Zhang, Huimin Yang
Electricity-driven water splitting is a promising approach for cost-effective and environment-friendly hydrogen production.
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Adsorption behavior of chloramphenicol on an activated carbon from pomelo peel using KHCO3 activator

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7081-7091
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05838G, Paper
Haixia Li, Hai Zhu, Junqiang Qiu, Danning Zheng, Lifang Gao, Dan Zhou, Dan Xu
The pomelo peel-based activated carbon as a high-performance adsorbent for chloramphenicol is synthesized by KHCO3 activator through a solid pyrolysis method.
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A colorimetric and photothermal dual-mode immunobiosensor for chloramphenicol based on the β-NiOOH nanozyme-3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine system

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7340-7346
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00648H, Paper
Yuxing Lian, Mengqin Zheng, Suhua Li, Wenqiang Lai, Dianping Tang, Youxiu Lin
A colorimetric and photothermal dual-mode detection method based on β-NiOOH nanozyme-3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine system was established for chloramphenicol content in fruit juice.
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Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a 99mTc-labeled small-molecule tracer for PD-L1 imaging

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7300-7307
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05843C, Paper
Chunxiong Lu, Dandan Zhu, Peng Zhou, Kangxia Yu, Yaling Liu, Hongyong Wang, Hao Wu, Jun Wu, Guoqing Han, Pei Zou
Illustration of [99mTc]Tc-SG2C-CBM for imaging PD-L1.
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Highly crystalline graphite nanofibers as an anode for high-performance potassium-ion batteries

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7497-7502
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00662C, Paper
Kaixuan Sun, Kun Chang, Jinshuo Tan, Chuan-Fu Sun, Qin Liu
Graphite nanofibres with high crystallinity and low defect levels for potassium-ion batteries with high initial Coulombic efficiency and long cycling stability are reported in this study.
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Effect of Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes on Mechanical, Swelling and Viscoelastic Properties on Gum ghatti-cl-poly(NIPAm) Hydrogels

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ01677G, Paper
Pragnesh N Dave, Pradip Macwan
The present work involves the Gum ghatti-cl-poly(NIPAm)/-o-MWCNT (GGNIPACNT) hydrogels via free radical polymerization technique. The synthesized hydrogels were characterized by FTIR analysis which suggested the successful binding of -o-MWCNT in...
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Sulfonic groups modified carbon nanotubes: the decorative strategy for enhancing the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00927D, Communication
Chensong Yang, Yakun Tang, Yue Zhang, Xingyan Zeng, Mengyao Dai, Lang Liu
Porous carbon nanotubes can not only provide a large surface area for anchoring sulfur and restraining polysulfides, but also provide continuous conductive networks to facilitate ion transport in lithium-sulfur batteries...
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