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Plant humanities: A discipline takes shape

The words buzz in my head: Plants, pollinators, medicinal cannibalism, history of transplanted trees and bodies... And I wish for educators to use this slant of thinking into their curriculum




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Farmer’s Share: A celebration of self reliant minimalism

Ambrose Kooliyath’s permaculture farm on the banks of the Nila River thrives on local resources




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‘You go to meet the prime minister and all you can talk about is my bluddy swimming pool?’

When prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was lectured on free market economics, and cornered about the luxury addition in Satish Sharma’s farmhouse




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Old is gold in Olympics too

Senior citizens have put up a good show at the Olympic Games




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Hyderabad rekindles the fire for heritage cuisine

Nothing about it is quick or simple. Meats need days of marination, spices are ground from scratch, and cooking takes hours. Yet, dishes from the Nizam era are winning new connoisseurs




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Worried about post-Olympics blues? These podcasts promise to keep the flame alive

Inspired by the Tokyo Olympics, here is a round-up of podcasts that celebrate sports and those who devote their lives to the pursuit of sporting greatness




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A quiz on sisters

It’s my sister Sravani’s birthday— just a few days after National Sisterhood Day. This quiz is all about sisters




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How discovery platforms are boosting women-run enterprises

Pandemic has hit women entrepreneurs badly — but help is at hand




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Happiness at work is more than the sum of its parts

Interventions for promoting happiness at the workplace must start with a paradigm shift




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Weaving Connections: British designer William Morris’s colonial inspirations

The handcrafted colourful textiles of South Asia appealed immensely to the celebrated 19th-century craftsperson and polymath. A new exhibition of his works highlights these influences




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Start-ups are shaking up the disability space even as investors lag

Why don’t Venture Capitalists and funders view those with disability as consumers with a wallet and a need? ask entrepreneurs who have built promising assistive solutions




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Modi’s Hindi is an excessively starched kurta

The cliched but persuasive way in which politicians use language




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Monsoon in the Aravallis

As birds perform acrobatic aerial displays, insects and beetles helicopter under green canopies, and buffaloes wallow in muddy ponds, the venerable mountain range teems with life during the rainy season




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The Story of History

A poet responds to the emerging crisis in Afghanistan the only way she knows — with words




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Weep for Afghanistan’s Women

In every statement made by anybody of any consequence, the main concern is about the fate of Afghan women under Taliban rule




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‘Revisioning’ Tagore’s masterpiece

Priya Sarukkai Chabria’s Sing of Life crafts a novel way to approach the Nobel Laureate’s Gitanjali




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The dramatic siege of US-occupied Afghanistan

A tale of betrayal and tragedy brought about by the mess of wars, accidental guerillas and political miscalculation




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Tamil poet Subramania Bharati’s English writings and songs find a voice

On his 100th death anniversary on September 11, a new book and a podcast throw light on unknown facets of the literary icon





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'I won this at the 'last ever' Golden Globes'

'Once, when I was standing around on the set one day, whining about something -- you know we were gonna work through supper or the long hours or whatever, Tommy Lee Jones said to me, 'Isn't it such a privilege, Meryl, just to be an actor? Yeah, it is, and we have to remind each other of the privilege and the responsibility of the act of empathy. We should all be very proud of the work Hollywood honours here tonight.'




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Oscar 2017: The 10 BIGGEST mistakes!

The 89th Annual Academy Awards will go down in history for this.








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Golden Globes 2018: Is Dakota Johnson the best dressed? VOTE!

The good, the bad and the not so impressive...




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Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux split

'Normally we would do this privately, but given that the gossip industry cannot resist an opportunity to speculate and invent, we wanted to convey the truth directly.'








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What's Elvis Doing In Cannes?

Baz Luhrmann's new film Elvis got a 10-minute standing ovation at the Cannes film festival.




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2 Days After Globes, Elvis' Daughter Dies

She was at the Golden Globes on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, on hand to celebrate Austin Butler's award for playing her father.




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Captain America Chris Evans Weds

The wedding was attended by several of the couple's friends including Chris Hemsworth (who plays Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) and his wife Elsa Pataky, Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man in the MCU) and Susan Downey, Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye in the MCU), John Krasinski and his wife Emily Blunt.




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'This Is For Every Native Kid Who Has A Dream'

Lily Gladstone picked up the Best Female Actor- Motion Picture award at the Golden Globes for her performance in Martin Scorsese's Killers of The Flower Moon.




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Christopher Nolan Remembers 'Dear Friend' Heath Ledger

During his acceptance speech at the awards ceremony, Christopher Nolan remembered his 'dear friend' Heath Ledger, who had portrayed a negative role in his film, The Dark Knight.




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Taylor Swift Makes History At Grammys

She is the first person to win Album of the Year four times, with her latest prize for Midnights.




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Cillian Murphy Dedicates His Oscar To...

Accepting his Best Actor Oscar for the biopic Oppenheimer, Irish actor Cillian Murphy gave a shout-out to his homeland, saying, 'I'm a very proud Irishman standing here tonight.'




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Who Should Play Vin Diesel's Sister?

The Hollywood actor wants suggestions.




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Rapid quantification of disaccharide isomers by derivatization in combination with ion mobility spectrometry in beer and milk

Analyst, 2024, 149,5298-5305
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00995A, Paper
Keqi Ye, Jiacheng Ye, Yinghua Yan, Chuan-Fan Ding
This work introduces rapid quantification of disaccharide isomers by derivatization in combination with ion mobility spectrometry in beer and milk.
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Engineering fluorescent NO probes for live-monitoring cellular inflammation and apoptosis

Analyst, 2024, 149,5306-5312
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00747F, Paper
Qun Wu, Chengbin Liu, Yifan Liu, Tao Li
A fluorescent probe for live-cell imaging of nitric oxide (NO) allows for sensitive detection of NO in cancer cells, thereby enabling real-time monitoring of doxorubicin-induced apoptosis and lipopolysaccharide-triggered inflammatory responses.
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Reference-free quantitative mass spectrometry in the presence of nonlinear distortion caused by in situ chemical reactions among constituents

Analyst, 2024, 149,5320-5328
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00961D, Paper
Yusuke Hibi
Nonlinear reference-free analysis in pyrolysis-MS enables accurate compositional analysis even in reactive and interactive systems.
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Detection of several volatile organic compounds through Ar+ induced chemical ionisation using inductively coupled plasma-tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS)

Analyst, 2024, 149,5174-5183
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00996G, Paper
Takafumi Hirata, Kyoko Kobayashi, Hui Hsin Khoo, Osamu Shikino, Hisashi Asanuma
A new analytical technique for detection of organic compounds using inductively coupled plasma-tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS) is described.
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Utilizing solid-state nanopore sensing for high-efficiency and precise targeted localization in antiviral drug development

Analyst, 2024, 149,5313-5319
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00946K, Paper
Wei Xu, Lichun Zou, Haiyan Wang, Changhui Xu, Qinyang Fan, Jingjie Sha
The efficient identification and validation of drug targets are paramount in drug discovery and development.
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A sulphide resistant Ag|AgCl reference electrode for long-term monitoring

Analyst, 2024, 149,5225-5231
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN01076K, Paper
Open Access
David S. Macedo, Mikko Vepsäläinen, Theo Rodopoulos, Stephen Peacock, Conor F. Hogan
Solid state reference electrodes (SSREs) with suspended AgCl are resistant to sulphide poisoning. Sulphide species are precipitated as Ag2S, inhibiting their diffusion through the polymer composite.
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Analysis of blue and green REACH compliant tattoo inks

Analyst, 2024, 149,5329-5335
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00793J, Paper
Kelli Moseman, Sasha Noble, Sage Sanders, Huiyuan Guo, John R. Swierk
REACH legislation in Europe has banned the use of Pigment Blue 15:3 and Pigment Green 7 in tattoo inks and permanent makeups and requires all labels include an accurate list of ingredients.
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Alterations of the chemical profile of cholesterol in cancer tissue as traced with ToF-SIMS

Analyst, 2024, 149,5344-5352
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN01050G, Paper
Open Access
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Auraya Manaprasertsak, Julhash U. Kazi, Catharina Hagerling, Kenneth J. Pienta, Per Malmberg, Emma U. Hammarlund
This study uses Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) to analyze cholesterol alterations in cancer tissue, revealing changes in fragmentation and isotopes that suggest potential diagnostic vulnerabilities.
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Microfluidic methods for the diagnosis of acute respiratory tract infections

Analyst, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00957F, Tutorial Review
Open Access
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Kan-Zhi Liu, Ganghong Tian, Alex C.-T. Ko, Matthias Geissler, Lidija Malic, Byeong-Ui Moon, Liviu Clime, Teodor Veres
We review emerging methods for the detection of acute respiratory tract infections using microfluidic technologies.
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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy with single cell manipulation by microfluidic dielectrophoresis

Analyst, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00983E, Paper
Kwanhwi Ko, Hajun Yoo, Sangheon Han, Won Seok Chang, Donghyun Kim
The combination of dielectrophoresis and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy provides an effective method for analyzing the Raman characteristics and the dielectrophoretic behavior of polystyrene beads and U-87MG cells in a microfluidic environment.
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Hyperpolarised [2-13C]-pyruvate by 13C SABRE in an acetone/water mixture

Analyst, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN01005A, Paper
Open Access
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Oksana A. Bondar, Gamal A. I. Moustafa, Thomas B. R. Robertson
The NMR hyperpolarisation technique SABRE has been used to hyperpolarise 13C labelled pyruvate in a predominantly aqueous solution which has then been measured by benchtop NMR.
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