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When masters create magic...

With veterans like Pandit Jasraj and Gaansaraswati Kishori Amonkar in full flow, the soul of music was captured eloquently at the Surshree Kesarbai Kerkar Festival held at Goa recently.




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Singing paeans to Padmarajan

Leading musicians come together for the sound track of Humans of Someone, directed by Sumesh Lal




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On August 15, Carnegie Hall echoed with Eastern and Western musical notes

Festival of India@75 brought together stalwart musicians to celebrate the freedom of musical expression




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Friday Review Music Season Quiz #1

Here is the first of the Music Season quiz:




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85% industry leaders call for major investments in quantum computing: Report




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Market capitalization of privately listed companies surged 6.4 times, PSUs grew 5 times over last 10 years: Motilal Oswal




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India is leading in AI adoption at 30%, surpassing global average of 26%: BCG report




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Political stability boosts India's apparel appeal for exports




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India's solar product exports record over 20-fold jump to $2 bn in last 2 years




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India's IT spending to reach $160 bn in 2025: Report




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Bears on prowl! Sensex tanks 820 points, Nifty below 24,000




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NN bond cleavage in diazirines by a cyclic diborane(4) compound

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18048-18051
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04980B, Edge Article
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Minling Zhong, Jie Zhang, Zuowei Xie
Reactions of o-carborane-fused diborane(4) with 3H-diazirines lead to the complete cleavage of the NN bond, with one nitrogen atom being incorporated into the B–B bond.
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When microplastics/plastics meet metal–organic frameworks: turning threats into opportunities

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17781-17798
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05205F, Review Article
Open Access
Pengfei Wu, Mengting Guo, Ran-Wei Zhang, Qing Huang, Guibin Wang, Ya-Qian Lan
The study discussed how MOFs treat microplastics, how to make plastic-based MOFs, and how MOF@plastic composites can be used. It aids in understanding how to convert plastic/microplastic concerns into opportunities for high-valued products.
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A critical factor in reactive oxygen species (ROS) studies: the need to understand the chemistry of the solvent used: the case of DMSO

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17843-17851
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05038J, Edge Article
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Shubham Bansal, Binghe Wang
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play critical roles in normal physiological processes including cellular signaling and immune responses.
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Substituent effect in determining the total structure of an all-alkynyl-protected Ag98 nanocluster for methanol tolerant oxygen reduction reaction

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18161-18169
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04318A, Edge Article
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Xiaoqin Cui, Xuehuan Zhang, Ting Li, Sheng Zhu, Gaoyi Han, Huan Li
A sterically demanding ortho-CF3 substituent defines not only the arrangement of ligands on a Ag98(2-CF3PhCC)48Cl4 nanocluster (Ag98) but also the inter-cluster interactions. Ag98 shows excellent methanol tolerance in the oxygen reduction reaction.
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Automated electrosynthesis reaction mining with multimodal large language models (MLLMs)

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17881-17891
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04630G, Edge Article
Open Access
Shi Xuan Leong, Sergio Pablo-García, Zijian Zhang, Alán Aspuru-Guzik
Leveraging multimodal large language models (MLLMs) to process multimodal data inputs and complex inter-modality data dependencies for automated (electro)chemical data mining from scientific literature.
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Quadrupolar dinuclear hypervalent tin(IV) compounds with near-infrared emission consisting of Schiff bases based on π-conjugated scaffolds

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17950-17961
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05006A, Edge Article
Open Access
Kazuya Tanimura, Kento Tanaka, Masayuki Gon, Kazuo Tanaka
The study focuses on dinuclear hypervalent tin(IV) compounds with near-infrared (NIR) emission and unique quadrupolar orientations, showing potential for constructing electronic structures with narrow energy gaps.
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On-demand controlled bidirectional DNAzyme path for ultra-sensitive heavy metal ion detection

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18170-18178
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04404E, Edge Article
Open Access
Jing Xu, Yujin Li, Futing Wang, Xinqi Luo, Wei Zhang, Yifan Lyu, Hongfen Yang, Ren Cai, Weihong Tan
A bidirectional self-powered biosensor is constructed for the quasi-simultaneous detection of Pb2+ and Hg2+ based on MoS2@CuS heterostructures as an accelerator and hybridization chain reaction as a signal amplification strategy.
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Reactivities of tertiary phosphines towards allenic, acetylenic, and vinylic Michael acceptors

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18111-18126
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04852K, Edge Article
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Feng An, Jan Brossette, Harish Jangra, Yin Wei, Min Shi, Hendrik Zipse, Armin R. Ofial
Combined experimental and quantum-chemical studies were used to characterise the philicity/fugality features of tertiary phosphines and Michael acceptors in phospha-Michael reactions, which are key steps in phosphine-catalysed organic reactions.
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Enhancing hydrogen evolution reaction activity through defects and strain engineering in monolayer MoS2

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,18127-18134
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04874A, Edge Article
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Renjith Nadarajan, Sraboni Dey, Arijit Kayal, Joy Mitra, Manikoth M. Shaijumon
The synergistic creation of vacancy defects, along with strain-induced active sites is shown to enhance hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance of CVD-grown monolayer MoS2.
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Correction: Second-shell modulation on porphyrin-like Pt single atom catalysts for boosting oxygen reduction reaction

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC90219J, Correction
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Tayyaba Najam, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Hanqing Yin, Xin Xiao, Shamraiz Talib, Qianqian Ji, Yonggui Deng, Muhammad Sufyan Javed, Jie Hu, Ruo Zhao, Aijun Du, Xingke Cai, Qiang Xu
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The photo-isomerization of the cyclononatetraenyl ligand and related rare earth complexes

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04767B, Edge Article
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Lucie Pedussaut, Nolwenn Mahieu, Camille Chartier, Thayalan Rajeshkumar, Maxime Tricoire, Iskander Douair, Nicolas Casaretto, Laurent Maron, Grégory Danoun, Grégory Nocton
Reversible light isomerization in organometallic complexes of lanthanides: the low-energy wavelengths favor the cis isomer, and the high-energy wavelengths favor the trans isomer.
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Photo-triggered NO release of nitrosyl complexes bearing first-row transition metals and therapeutic applications

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06820C, Review Article
Open Access
Seungwon Sun, Jisu Choe, Jaeheung Cho
In biological systems, nitric oxide (NO) is a crucial signaling molecule that regulates a wide range of physiological and pathological processes. Given the significance of NO, there has been considerable...
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Probing water adsorption and stability under steam flow of Zr-based metal-organic frameworks using 91Zr solid-state NMR spectroscopy

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04589K, Edge Article
Open Access
Athulya Nadol, Florian Venel, Raynald Giovine, Maeva Leloire, Christophe Volkringer, Thierry Loiseau, Christel Gervais, Caroline Mellot-Draznieks, Bertrand Doumert, Julien Trébosc, Olivier Lafon, Frédérique Pourpoint
The stability of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in the presence of water is crucial for a wide range of applications, including the production of freshwater, desiccation, humidity control, heat pumps/chillers and...
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PharmacoNet: deep learning-guided pharmacophore modeling for ultra-large-scale virtual screening

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04854G, Edge Article
Open Access
Seonghwan Seo, Woo Youn Kim
PharmacoNet is developed for virtual screening, including deep learning-guided protein-based pharmacophore modeling, a parameterized analytical scoring function, and coarse-grained pose alignment. It is extremely fast yet reasonably accurate.
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Light-assisted carbon dioxide reduction in an automated photoreactor system coupled to carbonylation chemistry

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06660J, Edge Article
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Jasper Schuurmans, Tom Masson, Stefan Zondag, Simone Pilon, Nicola Bragato, Miguel Claros, Tim den Hartog, Fransesc Sastre Calabuig, Jonathan van den Ham, Pascal Buskens, Giulia Fiorani, Timothy Noel
Continuous-flow methodologies offer promising avenues for sustainable processing due to their precise process control, scalability, and efficient heat and mass transfer. The small dimensions of continuous-flow reactors render them highly...
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Enantioselective dearomative formal (3+3) cycloadditions of bicyclobutanes with aromatic azomethine imines: access to fused 2,3-diazabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06334A, Edge Article
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Xue-Chun Yang, Feng Wu, Wen-Biao Wu, Xu Zhang, Jian-Jun Feng
We present the first enantioselective dearomative (3+3) cycloadditions of bicyclobutanes (BCBs) utilizing a chiral Lewis acid catalyst and bidentate chelating BCB substrates.
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Analysis of the cryptic biosynthetic gene cluster encoding the RiPP curacozole reveals a phenylalanine-specific peptide hydroxylase

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC02262A, Edge Article
Open Access
Samantha Hollands, Julia Tasch, David J. Simon, Dimah Wassouf, Isobel Barber, Arne Gessner, Andreas Bechthold, David L. Zechel
The noncanonical biosynthesis of curacozole by Streptomyces curacoi is shown to be dependent on the bldA-encoded Leu-tRNAUUA. The minimal biosynthetic gene cluster is defined, and the functions of key biosynthetic enzymes are established in vitro.
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Dynamic satellite–parent liposome networks for quantitative microreactions

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04925J, Edge Article
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Jia-Qi Tian, Nan-Nan Deng
A dynamic satellite–parent liposome network was developed to explore molecular transfer and quantitative microreactions through environmental stimuli, offering a platform to mimic multicellular systems in vitro.
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Deep Learning Enabled Ultra-high Quality NMR Chemical Shift Resolved Spectra

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04742G, Edge Article
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Zhengxian Yang, Weigang Cai, Wen Zhu, Xiaoxu Zheng, Xiaoqi Shi, Mengjie Qiu, Zhong Chen, Maili Liu, Yanqin Lin
High quality chemical shift resolved spectra have long been pursued in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). In order to obtain chemical shift information with high resolution and sensitivity, a neural network...
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Noncentrosymmetric tellurite halides created by a depolymerization strategy: toward strong SHG intensity and wide bandgap

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06403H, Edge Article
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Dan-Dan Zhou, Chun-Li Hu, Xin-Wei Zhang, Jiang-Gao Mao, Fang Kong
Successful synthesis of centrosymmetric Ga(Te3O7)Br and non-centrosymmetric M2(OH)(TeO3)(Te2O5)X (M = Al, Ga; X = Br, Cl) using a depolymerization strategy.
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Allosteric release of cucurbit[6]uril from a rotaxane using a molecular signal

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC03970J, Edge Article
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Aneta Závodná, Petr Janovský, Václav Kolařík, Jas S. Ward, Zdeňka Prucková, Michal Rouchal, Kari Rissanen, Robert Vícha
Repulsions between portals of cucurbit[n]urils are sufficiently strong to unlock the rotaxane structure.
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Synergetic effect of mild hypothermia and antioxidant treatment on ROS-mediated neuron injury under oxygen-glucose deprivation investigated by scanning electrochemical microscopy

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05977H, Edge Article
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Junjie Zhang, Yulin Liu, Yuxiang Zhao, Siyu Zhang, Feng Xu, Fei Li
Ischemic stroke and reperfusion injury result in neuronal damage and dysfunction associated with oxidative stress, leading to overproduction of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS). In...
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Morphology of Lithium Halides in Tetrahydrofuran from Molecular Dynamics with Machine Learning Potentials

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04957H, Edge Article
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Marinella de Giovanetti, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Sigbjørn L. Bore, Odile Eisenstein, Michele Cascella
The preferred structures of lithium halides (LiX, with X = Cl, Br, I) in organic solvents have been the subject of a wide scientific debate, and a large variety of...
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Rare-earth metal complexes bearing electrophilic and nucleophilic carbon centres and their unique reactivity patterns towards pyridine derivatives

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04197F, Edge Article
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weikang Wu, Thayalan Rajeshkumar, Shan Zhu, Fuxiang Chai, Dongjing Hong, ZeMing Huang, Qingbing Yuan, Laurent Maron, Shaowu Wang
The rare-earth metal dialkyl complexes (κ2-L1)RE(CH2SiMe3)2(THF)2 [RE = Lu(1a), Yb(1b), Er(1c), Y(1d), Dy(1e)] (L1 = 1-(2-N-C5H10NCH2CH2)-3-(2,6-iPr2C6H3N=CH)-C8H4N) and the rare-earth metal monoalkyl complexes (κ2-L1)2RE(CH2SiMe3)(THF)n [n = 0, RE = Lu(2a), Yb(2b);...
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Discovery of penicillic acid as a chemical probe against tau aggregation in Alzheimer’s Disease

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05469E, Edge Article
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Jennifer Shyong, Jinliang Wang, Tran Quoc Dung Huynh, Marina Fayzullina, Bo Yuan, Ching-Kuo Lee, Thomas Minehan, Paul M. Seidler, Clay Wang
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder proven to be caused by the aggregation of protein tau into fibrils, resulting in neuronal death. The irreparable neuronal damage leads to irreversible...
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12/14:46 EST Heatwave Warning (QLD)




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An ear for music, an eye for art

Much sought-after exhibition designer Mark Prime’s first Indian solo art show is a playful mix of abstract patterns




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When imagination and real life collide

Nidhi Dalmia’sHarpbrings to the fore the real-life conflicts faced by people in ’60s India




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Beauty and a band of brothers

The Salaam Bombay Foundation adapts old favouriteChalti Ka Naam Gaadi for stage in a modern avatar to showcasethe talent of their underprivileged students




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Warrior prince and talking heads

The playfulness to the writing around Ravana and his ten perennially bickering heads could have made the film oddly amusing. But alas, the humour remains just a flash




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Making seminars seamless

Kaiwan Mehta and TARQ have joined forces to present a series of seminars on a set of subjects, each one fattened by a diversity of interdisciplinary approaches




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Fall, rise, repeat

After eight years, Dhruvi Acharya presents an achingly intimate solo show that explores her ownloss and looks at women as independent individuals




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In search of the divine

The NCPA’s annual festival of sufi music, Sama’a, will feature singer Rekha Bharadwaj this edition




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Eat, drink, dance Greek

Mariketty Grana is back in the city with a permanent spot for her Greek restaurant, Thalassa




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The cinematic ethos of bureaucracy




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Still classy after all these years

Meet the team that ensures that the taste of your favourite paneer makhanwala, murg makhani and au Gratin remains unchanged at Churchgate’s beloved Gaylord




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Breaking free from labels

Aadish Keluskar, an independent filmmaker who refuses to be bracketed as ‘indie’, talks about his journey ahead of his debut feature film, Kaul — A Calling




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What dreams may come




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Dear Zindagi music: Déjà vu with a hint of new

Amit Trivedi returns as a composer for the new Gauri Shinde film with a bunch of feel-good tracks