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Rational Understanding of the Catalytic Mechanism of Molybdenum Carbide on Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium-Sulfur Battery

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA01217C, Paper
Mingzhu Sun, Zhao Wang, Xue Li, Haibo Li, Hongsheng Jia, Xiangxin Xue, Ming Jin, Jiaqi Li, Yu Xie, Ming Feng
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are promising candidates for next-generation energy storage devices due to its high theoretical energy density, whose practical applications are mainly hampered by the shuttle effect of intermediate...
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Bimetallic-MOF Catalyst for Efficient CO2 Photoreduction from Simulated Flue Gas to Value-added Formate

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA00205D, Paper
Shao-hong Guo, Xiang-Juan Qi, Hui-Min Zhou, Jie Zhou, Xiao-Hui Wang, Man Dong, Xue Zhao, Chun-Yi Sun, Xinlong Wang, Zhong-Min Su
Direct CO2 conversion from flue gas into high-value products is of great significance not only in relieving environmental burden but alleviating energy crisis by a low-cost and saving-energy avenue, yet...
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Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus review: Wholesome package justifies premium pricing

Several major upgrades to predecessor Galaxy S10 Plus but the same price tag of Rs 73,999 make the Galaxy 20 Plus a worthy premium smartphone




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WATCH LIVE - Opening Celebration of “Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words”

Starting at 7 p.m EST., tonight Dec. 4, 2019. 

A new Library of Congress exhibition,“Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words,” opens December 5. Celebrate Rosa Parks with us at this opening event. Hear from Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the Honorable John Lewis & others.

WELCOME: Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress

REMARKS: The Honorable John Lewis, Representative from Georgia

DISCUSSION: Fred Gray and Jane Gunter, Moderated by Michelle Miller, CBS News The exhibition will immerse visitors in Parks’ words, reflections, handwritten notes and photographs, allowing her to tell her own life story. It is the first exhibition of Rosa Parks’ personal collection.

The exhibition offers an intimate view of this seminal figure’s life – beyond her famous refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus – to reveal the real Rosa Parks, a seasoned activist with a spirit forged over decades of challenging inequality and injustice. Learn more about the exhibition https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/rosa-parks-in-her-own-words/about-this-exhibition/ 

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Now Available: Concerts from the Library of Congress

 

You can get tickets for any 2020 event that is part of Concerts from the Library of Congress.

PLEASE NOTE: All films, talks and pre-concert events this year are general admission with no ticket required, unless otherwise indicated. You can still register for reminders and updates about those events, but seating will be first-come, first-served.

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National Book Festival Presents Winter and Spring Events

National Book Festival Presents, the new series from the Library of Congress showcasing authors, their books, and related Library treasures, will continue with a winter and spring season of events featuring Alice McDermott, Douglas Brinkley, Margaret Atwood, Nan Talese, Richard Ford, Joy Harjo and other authors.

The season will kick off with “Fearless: A Tribute to Irish American Women” on Feb. 6, featuring novelist Alice McDermott in conversation with Pennsylvania Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon and CBS News’ Margaret Brennan.

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Upcoming Events: Library Announces Annual Cherry Blossom Festival Events

 

The Library of Congress announces two cultural events during the 2020 National Cherry Blossom Festival, an annual commemoration of Japan’s 1912 gift to the U.S. of 3,020 cherry trees. An artwork display and book launch for “Cherry Blossoms: Sakura Collections from the Library of Congress” will kick off the Library’s celebration on Thursday, April 9. The gift book visualizes the fascinating history of cherry blossoms through original works of art from the Library of Congress collections.

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REMINDER: In Conversation with Librarian of Congress: Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood

 

 

Country Music Icon Trisha Yearwood and Gershwin Prize Recipient Garth Brooks “In Conversation with Librarian of Congress,” March 2

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden will host a conversation with Grammy Award-winning country music singer and songwriter Garth Brooks and country music artist, actress, author, celebrity chef and wife of Brooks, Trisha Yearwood on Monday, March 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium in the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C.

Brooks will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song later that week on Wednesday, March 4. The country music titan and multiple hall of famer is the youngest recipient of the prestigious prize. You can follow and join in on the #GershwinPrize conversation via Twitter.

During the conversation, Brooks and Yearwood will discuss their success as a country music power couple, their careers as music industry changemakers and the humanitarian projects they devote their efforts to each year. The conversation is being presented as part of the Library’s initiative to Explore America’s Changemakers.

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Live! At the Library Event Series Launched

The Library of Congress is extending its public hours on Thursday evenings and will feature regular live programming for visitors as part of a new initiative, Live! At the Library, beginning April 2 to showcase the broad range of literature, poetry, art, music, digital collections and other holdings at the national library.

The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and all exhibitions at the Library – currently featuring the long fight for women’s voting rights and Rosa Parks’ groundbreaking role in civil rights – will be open for extended hours on Thursday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. every week. Exhibitions and programs will remain free and open to everyone. The Main Reading Room will be open for research during this time, and visitors and researchers will have the opportunity to register for reader cards. Other selected reading rooms may also be open on Thursday nights as a part of evening programming.

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Upcoming Events: Kluge Center Spring Events

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce a packed schedule of public events happening this spring.

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Upcoming Events: Earth and Space Science Talks

This month, the Library of Congress will kick off the annual Earth and Space Science lecture series. The series is presented in partnership with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Science, Technology and Business Division at the Library.

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Upcoming Events: Notice of Changes

The Library of Congress announces the following changes in upcoming scheduled events:

All other Library events are continuing as scheduled at this time. Click here for a full calendar of Library events.

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NEWS: Library of Congress Cancels Events Until May 11

The Library of Congress announced today that all public events at the Library are canceled until May 11 to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus. Whenever possible, the Library will reschedule the public programs that have been canceled. We will also provide regular public updates on the operating status of Library facilities. Library of Congress buildings and facilities remain closed to the public until Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 8 a.m.

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UPDATE: Library Cancels Public Events Until July 1

The Library of Congress announced today that it will cancel all scheduled public events at the Library until July 1 as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus. Whenever possible, the Library will reschedule the public programs that have been canceled. We will also provide regular public updates on the operating status of Library facilities.

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Advanced CSS Tricks and Techniques

As time goes by, CSS is becoming more and more powerful and nowadays it offers lots of possibilities to create visually stunning websites. This article is a compilation of fresh, advanced CSS tips and techniques to master your web design and front-end web development skills. Each technique features sample code snippet, demo, and explanations. Warning: …

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InMotion Hosting Review & Giveaway

Web hosting is a very important aspect of owning a website, as you need a reliable, fast and secure host. But there’s hundreds of companies providing hosting. Today, let’s have a look at InMotion Hosting, which offered me to review their “Launch Plan”. But this article is more than a simple review: it features an …

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Janaushadhi Kendras accepting orders on WhatsApp, e-mail to facilitate access to medicines: Government

"It is heartening to note that many PMBJKs are using modern communication tools including social media platforms like Whatsapp to provide better services in effecting faster delivery of essential medicines to the needy," Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers DV Sadananda Gowda said.




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Gilead scouting for partners in India, Pakistan for remdesivir

Recent clinical trial results and the decision by the US Food and Drug Administration to issue 'Emergency Use Authorisation' for remdesivir have highlighted the urgency of this work and the importance of planning for access to remdesivir globally, Gilead said.




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Hydroxychloroquine no wonder drug for treating COVID-19, can be fatal: Experts

While frantic efforts are underway to develop a vaccine and doctors all over try and control the spread of the disease for which there is yet no cure, hydroxychloroquine, or HCQ, has emerged as a prime focus area of treatment.




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Assam keen to woo MNCs looking to move out of China

Multinational companies looking to move out of China should consider Assam, with its abundant natural resources, strategic location and robust industrial infrastructure, as their destination for setting up production facilities in India, state Industries Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said on Wednesday.




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CVC Capital set to buy into Cancer chain HCG, to be co-promoter

Singapore's Temasek holds a 9.4% stake in the widely held company, while Indgrowth Capital owns 1.2%. Public shareholding is 76.1%, as per latest regulatory disclosures.




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Repurposed drugs offer hope in India’s Covid fight

ICMR has identified over a dozen other drugs, including remdesivir, mycobacterium W, disulfiram and resveratrol, which could be used for treating Covid-19. Some of these drugs are undergoing clinical trials in India, sources said.




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CSIR submits 53 genome sequences of coronavirus to global body; to share 450 more by May 15

CSIR's Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad and Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh are currently sequencing the genomes of the novel coronavirus, he said. Other CSIR institutes are also expected to join the process.




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Bilateral deals might not be equitable for Covid-19: MPP executive director Charles Gore

The Medicines Patent Pool is a United Nations-backed public health organisation that helps middle- and low-income countries get access to critical drugs. MPP executive director Charles Gore told ET’s Divya Rajagopal about the organisation’s plan to ensure equitable access of Covid-19 drugs and vaccines.




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Gilead under gun to mass-produce virus drug or risk exclusivity

All of that could add up to market wins if remdesivir lives up to expectations and Gilead can ramp up to sufficiently respond to Covid-driven demand. But if it can’t, Gilead could be “very vulnerable” to the federal government using its powers to compel the licensure of remdesivir patents, Roth said.




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Chinese drugmaker in talks to test virus vaccine globally

With China having largely curbed its growth of new infections, its drugmakers will need to seek international cooperation to test their vaccine candidates in other countries — a task that may be complicated by tensions between China and some nations, especially the US, over how and where the virus originated.




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Macbeth / Giuseppe Verdi

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Sufficient trouble: compositions for computer, live instruments, and voice / Brian Belet

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Harpsichord sonatas / Vincent Persichetti

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Pièces de clavecin L1, 2 / Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre ; Elisabetta Guglielmin, harpsichord

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The early immersive music of Joan La Barbara.

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Violin concerto: Grand duo / Lou Harrison

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Dark holler / David Kirkland Garner

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The Andrée expedition: From the diary of Virginia Woolf / Dominick Argento

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Viola concertos / Amanda Harberg, Max Wolpert

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Blood, forgotten / Mark Nowakowski ; Emily Ondracek-Peterson, solo violin ; Voxare String Quartet

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Vocalisms: Songs of Crozier, Harbison, Primosch, Rorem.

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You're the man / Marvin Gaye

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Complete works for violin and for viola / Salvatore Sciarrino

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Monológos: música mexicana de concierto para violonchelo solo / Gustavo Martín, violonchelo

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Concerti per violino: "La boemia" / Vivaldi

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Unanswered love / Aribert Reimann, Hans Werner Henze, Wolfgang Rihm

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Overture to Candide: Fancy free ; Anniversaries for orchestra ; Overture to Wonderful town / Bernstein

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Concerti per archi.: e concerti per viola d'amore / Vivaldi

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Geste zu Vedova: Streichquartette ; Streichquintett / Wolfgang Rihm

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Il Giustino / Vivaldi

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Duo, Fives, Quintet, Trio / Robert Erickson

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Dear Evan Hansen: original Broadway cast recording / music and lyrics by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

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Complete works for solo piano / Tchaikovsky

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Project W: works by diverse women composers.

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