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How Cubbon Park’s book clubs are connecting Bengaluru’s reading community

The outdoor setting of Cubbon Reads and Cubbon Book Club fosters reading as well as social connections




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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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Constructing a core–shell Pt@MnOx/SiO2 catalyst for benzene catalytic combustion with excellent SO2 resistance: new insights into active sites

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00071D, Paper
Dan Yang, Fang Dong, Jie Wang, Zhicheng Tang, Jiyi Zhang
The construction of a core–shell Pt@MnOx/SiO2 protective structure catalyst can protect the active Pt site well from SO2 toxicity.
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Carbon nanotubes as a nanocatalyst and nanoreactor for the efficient treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater via CaSO3 activation

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00026A, Paper
Haoqi Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Yanlan Wang, Yiqun Tian, Yingping Huang, Di Huang, Xiang Liu
Herein, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are reported as an efficient catalyst and nanoreactor for activating CaSO3 for water decontamination.
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Purification of As(III) through oxidation of siderite and As(III) by dissolved oxygen: behavior and mechanism

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00974B, Paper
Wenting Yu, Zhipeng Gao, Huaming Guo
Siderite oxidation can be achieved with dissolved oxygen (DO), which would control the oxidation and the fate of As(III), but the interaction mechanism between siderite and As(III) with the presence of DO needs more investigation.
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Facile fabrication of Z-scheme g-C3N5/Gd-MOF/silver nanocubes composite as new generation visible light active photocatalyst for abatement of persistent toxic pollutants

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00913K, Paper
Varsha UshaVipinachandran, Susanta Kumar Bhunia
Some of the persistent hazardous contaminants that readily dissolve in water with a recognizable hue are hexavalent chromium and neomycin antibiotic. Herein, a Z-scheme g-C3N5/Gd-MOF/silver nanocubes (CNGdAg) ternary composite was...
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Mechanistic approaches for crosstalk between nanomaterials and plants: plant immunomodulation, defense, stress resilience, toxicity, and perspectives

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00053F, Paper
Ragini Singh, Pinky Choudhary, Santosh Kumar, Hemant Kumar Daima
Plants are confronted with unexpected and diverse environmental pressures in the era of climate change. Plant development and metabolism are significantly hindered by both abiotic and biotic stress, which leads...
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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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Fe–carbon nanofiber-modified Mo-MOF for the controlled release and translocation of micronutrients in plants

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1597-1611
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00833A, Paper
Komal Pandey, Rishabh Anand Omar, Nishith Verma, Govind Gupta
Fe-CNF/Mo-MOF releases Mo and Fe in soil upon degradation by resident rhizobacteria and translocates the micronutrients to plant roots, shoots, and leaves.
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Composite materials based on halloysite clay nanotubes and cellulose from Posidonia oceanica sea balls: from films to geopolymers

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1508-1520
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00879G, Paper
Martina Maria Calvino, Giuseppe Cavallaro, Stefana Milioto, Giuseppe Lazzara
The combination of natural halloysite nanotubes and cellulose recovered from egagropili is effective to fabricate composite films and geopolymers promising for packaging and building applications, respectively.
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Utilization of lead-based saturated adsorbents for the fabrication of battery-like hybrid asymmetric supercapacitors

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1654-1670
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00601H, Paper
Sourav Acharya, Shrabani De, Ayon Ganguly, Brijesh K. Mishra, Ganesh Chandra Nayak
In this study S-doped graphitic CN/ZIF-8 composite was fabricated to remove Pb from water which was anchored through heat treatment. This formed a composite of carbon, Zn-NCN, PbO and PbS and was used as supercapacitor anode.
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Recycling and repurposing of waste carbon nanofiber polymers: a critical review

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1394-1411
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00784G, Critical Review
Zhihao Liu, Zhijie Chen, Zimin Wang, Daijun Zhang, Bing-Jie Ni
Carbon nanofibers are a class of lightweight, high-performance composite materials.
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Cooperative catalytic behavior of CoS and Bi2S3 nanoparticles on Zr:BiVO4 photoanodes for enhanced photoelectrochemical sulfite oxidation coupled with pharmaceutical pollution degradation

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00018H, Paper
Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Maged N. Shaddad, Mabrook S. Amer, Abdulaziz M. Alsalman, Madhavan Jagannathan
Photoelectrocatalysis is a promising advancing technology that converts energy into electricity and purifies the environment. A photoelectrochemical reaction (PEC) that splits water and degrades pharmaceutical pollutants can be achieved using...
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Sulfur-doped porous carbon sheets embedded with rich iron sites for 1O2 dominated peroxymonosulfate activation

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00971H, Paper
Yadan Song, Yalong Liu, Yangju Li, Haipeng Hu, Kexin Huang, Zhe Zhang, Zhongxian Li, Wanning Cao, Kai Jiang, Dapeng Wu
Porous carbon films co-doped with iron, nitrogen, and sulfur were synthesized via a one-step pyrolysis process, which have multiple active sites and can produce bulk 1O2 through PMS activation, which is effective in phenol degradation.
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Introduction of new guest molecules into BEDT-TTF radical-cation salts with tris(oxalato)ferrate

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,1962-1975
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00099D, Paper
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Toby J. Blundell, Elizabeth K. Rusbridge, Rebecca E. Pemberton, Michael J. Brannan, Alexander L. Morritt, Joseph O. Ogar, John D. Wallis, Hiroki Akutsu, Yasuhiro Nakazawa, Shusaku Imajo, Lee Martin
We present the crystal structures of five new BEDT-TTF radical-cation salts with tris(oxalato)ferrate anions using solid or liquid additives toluene, phenol, benzaldehyde, 4-bromobenzaldehyde, and kojic acid.
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Crystallization behaviour and growth mechanisms of spinel crystals in vanadium slag with high MgO content

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00189C, Paper
Jiang Diao, Haoran Tao, Zhiqiu Lai, Yiyu Qiu, Lian Chen, Hongyi Li, Bing Xie
In this study, MgO content and FeO/SiO2 ratio were found to significantly increase the integrated crystallization rate of spinel phase in vanadium slag.
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A new Cd(II)-based coordination polymer as a luminescent sensor and adsorbent for dichromate ions

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00256C, Paper
Ying-Gui Xia, Xue Lan, Jun Wang, Xiao-Hong Liu, Mohd. Muddassir, Devyani Srivastava, Aparna Kushwaha, Abhinav Kumar
A new 3,5-bis(1-imidazol)pyridine-appended Cd(II) coordination polymer was synthesized and used as a luminescent sensor and adsorbent for dichromate ions.
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Metal–organic polyhedron from a flexible tetrakis(thiobenzyl-carboxylate)-tetrathiafulvalene

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2072-2077
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01251D, Paper
Yohan Cheret, Narcis Avarvari, Nicolas Zigon
Wiggle, wiggle… Stay! A redox-active tetrakis(thiobenzyl-carboxylate)-TTF with a high degree of flexibility stands still in a self-assembled cage upon complexation with Cu(II).
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A novel one-dimensional Y2(Zr0.6Ti0.4)2O7:Eu tube-in-tube nanostructure fabricated by a single-nozzle electrospinning technique and its low color drift property at high temperature

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00149D, Paper
Shanshan Cong, Zhuang Tian, Hongquan Yu, Sai Xu, Lihong Cheng, Baojiu Chen, Tianshuo Liu
1D Y2(Zr0.6Ti0.4)2O7:Eu tube-in-tube nanostructures were fabricated by a simple single-nozzle electrospinning method. These materials exhibit excellent luminescent stability and lower color drift performance at high temperatures.
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Construction of a novel cuboid-shape Mn-Urea nanozyme with arsenic(V)-enhanced oxidase-like activity as a colorimetric probe for the selective detection of inorganic arsenic

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00148F, Paper
Jia-Li Wang, Ling-Xiao Chen, Guo-Ying Chen, Tong-Qing Chai, Jia-Xin Li, Hua Chen, Feng-Qing Yang
Development of a facile and reliable assay for arsenic (As) detection is crucial for its pollution control, which is a well-known heavy-metal pollutant in environment. In this work, an efficient...
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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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Twitter limits TweetDeck to verified members only

TweetDeck now supports full composer functionality, spaces, video docking, and polls




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Zuckerberg’s Threads could disrupt Musk’s Twitter

New platform garnered over 30 million users after its debut




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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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Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising is down; company is carrying heavy debt

Need to reach positive cash flow before we have the luxury of anything else: Elon Musk




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WhatsApp rolls out ‘channel notification’ feature for beta users

WhatsApp channel notification feature is available for both iOS and Android users




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YouTube tests 2x playback speed feature

YouTube’s long-press 2x speed playback feature will be available till August 13




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Elon Musk says fight with Mark Zuckerberg will be live-streamed on X

Musk had tested a live video feature on X.




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Community norm violation: YouTube removed 1.9 million videos in Jan-Mar 2023 in India

In the same period, YouTube removed over 6.48 million videos globally for violation of the norms




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YouTube rewinds to top trending content, creators of 2023

Short-form videos, Chandrayaan-3 live telecast among Youtube’s top draws of 2023




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Global outage hits Gmail, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram users

The problem, reported around 9 p.m., affected users in India and beyond




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Elon Musk congratulates PM Modi for becoming most followed leader on X

Modi recently reached 100.1 million followers on X, surpassing other global leaders such as US President Joe Biden and Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 




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YouTube hikes its premium subscription prices across categories in India

The family plan, which allows users to share their subscription benefits with up to five members, has witnessed the highest price increase




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WhatsApp has been a game changer for India’s small businesses: Sandhya Devanathan

One of the key announcements included the Meta-verified badges on WhatsApp. In a one on one chat with businessline Sandhya Devanathan, VP, Meta in India explained the significance of these propositions for businesses on WhatsApp and consumers alike.




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Margins of most MSMEs to remain below pre-Covid levels this fiscal

Except for a few in select sectors, many will reach the pre-Covid revenue mark: Crisil report




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PE/VC investments record 60% growth sequentially in October

Sequential uptick in October 2022 after facing declining trend in past five months; total investment flows however down 75 per cent y-o-y




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Can climate-resilient farming become a profitable venture?  

The mantra of climate-resilient farming was simple but difficult to digest for traditional farming households




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Strengthen panchayats to mobilise internal revenues: CFC member Lahiri

Two-day national conclave of SFC begins in Hyderabad




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Kirit Parikh panel submits report on gas prices, suggests pricing freedom beginning Jan 2026

ONGC and Oil India will be paid a price linked to imported oil but it will have a minimum or floor price of $4 per million British thermal unit and a cap or ceiling price of $6.5




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Core industries’ output dips to 20-month low of 0.1% in October

Centre revises final growth rate for July 2022 upwards to 4.8 per cent from 4.3 per cent earlier




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India-Australia free trade agreement to be effective Dec 29

Dawn of a new era for businesses, people, says Goyal




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India’s coal bed methane output expected at 759 MSCM in FY23

India’s coal bed methane production is estimated to grow to 1,072 MSCM in FY24 and 1,508 MSCM in FY25




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India to become $10-trillion economy by 2035, forecasts CEBR

Its latest edition of the report released on Monday also warned that the world is moving toward recession




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PFRDA pitches for doubling tax break for NPS subscribers in the upcoming Budget

For NPS subscribers, PFRDA seeks capital gains treatment on par with mutual funds industry for gains liquidated through Tier-II investments




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Eleven captive and commercial coal mines to begin production in FY23: IEA

IEA projects that India’s domestic supply will continue to grow in line with the steady increase in demand while also striving to reduce import dependency




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In a relief for India Inc, MCA extends virtual AGMs till September 2023

Also, the MCA allowed companies to hold EGMs via video conference until September 30, 2023




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India will be a global price setter in fertilisers by 2024: Mandaviya

‘We will bring down DAP prices to below the $650/tonne level this month’, he said




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110 mt of coal stocks to be maintained at mine pitheads, power plants by March 2023: Coal Secretary

For the first time, power plants on the western coast would receive coal through the coastal shipping route, he said




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Car sales declined by 7% in December

But utility vehicle segment grew 23% year-on-year: SIAM data