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Groom the new age entrepreneur

With students hooked on to the idea of becoming entrepreneurs, how can parents nurture their ambition?




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PIX: Nicki Minaj's curves and Jaden Smith's hair take centre stage at Met Gala

Some celebrities followed the theme while some put on their elegant outfits...





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Spintronic performance of bent zigzag phosphorene nanoribbons: effects of mechanical deformation and gate voltage

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26,27363-27370
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03470H, Paper
Rouhollah Farghadan
This study explores how bending and gate voltage tune the spintronic properties of zigzag phosphorene nanoribbons (ZPNRs) for advanced applications.
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Cation effects and charge inversion contribute to the electrostatic stabilisation of protein bioconjugates in neat ionic liquids

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26,27648-27659
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP01811G, Paper
Lokesh Soni, Raj Kumar, Kamendra P. Sharma, Ajay Singh Panwar
Dispersion of protein–polymer surfactant bioconjugates was stabilised by a combination of surface overcharging and steric exclusion of long chain cations in neat aprotic ionic liquid.
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Effects of oxidizer concentration and abrasive type on interfacial bonding and material removal in 4H-SiC polishing processes

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26,27791-27806
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03544E, Paper
Yuqi Zhou, Kezhong Xu, Yuhan Gao, Ziniu Yu, Fulong Zhu
Two different modes of material removal are defined based on the difference in the mode of atom removal, i.e., mechanical removal and removal associated with interfacial bonding.
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Self-Healing in Dielectric Capacitors: a Universal Method to Computationally Rate Newly Introduced Energy Storage Designs

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03988B, Paper
Nadezhda Andreeva, Vitaly V. Chaban
Metalized-film dielectric capacitors provide lump portions of energy on demand. While the capacities of various capacitor designs are comparable in magnitude, their stabilities make a difference. Dielectric breakdowns – micro-discharges...
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Chennai | Memories and mothers are the centre of this exhibition-performance by Nimi Ravindran

Nimi Ravindran decides to open her Pandora’s box to mediate on memories and mothers at this exhibition-performance 




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Intracellular microbial rhodopsin-based optogenetics to control metabolism and cell signaling

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,3327-3349
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00699A, Review Article
Anastasiia D. Vlasova, Siarhei M. Bukhalovich, Diana F. Bagaeva, Aleksandra P. Polyakova, Nikolay S. Ilyinsky, Semen V. Nesterov, Fedor M. Tsybrov, Andrey O. Bogorodskiy, Egor V. Zinovev, Anatolii E. Mikhailov, Alexey V. Vlasov, Alexander I. Kuklin, Valentin I. Borshchevskiy, Ernst Bamberg, Vladimir N. Uversky, Valentin I. Gordeliy
Organelle optogenetics is an approach to control cell physiology by targeted expression of microbial rhodopsins in membranes of subcellular organelles.
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Advances in morphology-controlled alumina and its supported Pd catalysts: synthesis and applications

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00776F, Review Article
Yanpeng Yang, Chenglin Miao, Ruoyu Wang, Rongxin Zhang, Xiaoyu Li, Jieguang Wang, Xi Wang, Jiannian Yao
This review highlights the preparation and regulation strategies of alumina materials from different dimensions and summarizes the preparation, metal–support interaction, and application of Pd/Al2O3 catalysts on important industrial catalysis.
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Fifty-two entries for 47th MMSC South India Rally




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Formula One | A topsy-turvy first half sets up for an intriguing home stretch

Red Bull started the year looking mighty and expected to cruise to the world titles, but now has rivals McLaren and Mercedes breathing down its neck; if McLaren continues its recent form, it could very well clinch its first constructors’ crown since 1998 and knock the reigning champion off its perch




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Odisha impresses with win over NCOE; IOC drubs Central Secretariat




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Yoga a compulsory subject in Central schools




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CBSE introduces course in finance for classes 9, 10

Schools must have sufficient PCs with Net connection




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Delhi University drops controversial book




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An initiative to boost sports education in the country

Through TENVIC Sports, sportsmen Anil Kumble and Vasanth Bharadwaj are integrating sports education with the formal academic curriculum.




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Astronomy for curious kids : an illustrated introduction to the Solar System, our galaxy, space travel--and more! / [Giles Sparrow ; illustrated by Nik Neves]

Sparrow, Giles, 1970- author




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Engineering for curious kids : an illustrated introduction to building machines and amazing structures! / [author: Chris Oxlade ; illustrator: Alex Foster]

Oxlade, Chris, author




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Our amazing Earth / Patricia Armentrout

Armentrout, Patricia, 1960- author




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Who wants to marry a risk-taking entrepreneur?

Entrepreneurship may be the in thing, but there’s also social stigma attached to it




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Women entrepreneurs and the fear of failure

The many ways in which women entrepreneurs are at a disadvantage compared to male peers




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Not everyone is cut out for the entrepreneurial life

Why it’s important to consider personal and family backgrounds before jumping into entrepreneurship




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Chasing the most meaningful outcome of entrepreneurship

Are there any metrics to decide if a founder is successful or not?




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Revealing the structural influence mechanism of intrinsic potassium/calcium elements on bio-waste-derived hard carbon for sodium-ion batteries

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13380-13383
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03546A, Communication
Yinghao Zhang, Chun Wu, Qinghang Chen, Chuangchuang Li, Wenjie Huang, Qianxiong Wen, Xiang-Xi He, Xingqiao Wu, Shu-Lei Chou
The evolution mechanism of hard carbon structures in terms of graphitization and pore structure caused by K/Ca has been clarified.
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Constructing efficient organic solar cells by highly volatile solid additives with controlled phase morphology

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13424-13427
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04675G, Communication
Yueheng Liu, Yetai Cheng, Shenbo Zhu, Zhengdong Wei, Chenyi Zhang, Shuyue Song, Xinyue Cui, Ya-Nan Chen, Andong Zhang, Yahui Liu, Hao Lu, Huawei Hu, Zhishan Bo
We synthesized two highly volatile and low-cost solid additives, PT and TFT.
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Intramolecular cyclization of N-aryl amides for the synthesis of 3-amino oxindoles

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05259E, Communication
Haitao Yang, Yu Pan, Yijing Tian, Kaili Yu, Yifeng Bai, Yonggang Jiang, Hongbin Zhang, Guogang Deng, Xiaodong Yang
A mild and efficient strategy to synthesize pharmaceutically important 3-amino oxindoles from readily available N-aryl amides has been developed.
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Iron-catalysed intramolecular C(sp3)–H amination of alkyl azides

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04169K, Feature Article
Open Access
Kai Wu, Chi-Ming Che
This review summarizes recent major advances in iron-catalysed C–H aminations of alkyl azides through iron–alkylnitrene/alkylimido intermediates to access various N-heterocycles.
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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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Wireframe DNA origami nanostructure with the controlled opening of edges

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00144C, Paper
Maryam Mogheiseh, Reza Hasanzadeh Ghasemi
Design and simulation of wireframe DNA origami nanostructures with fast and controlled opening capability using modified DAEDALUS code.
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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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Je réussis à entrer en IFAS-IFAP : dossier et entretien oral

16,90 €

Marion Gauthier, Mandi Gueguen
3e édition
octobre 2024
256 pages
Tout pour réussir votre entrée en IFAS-IFAP et devenir aide-soignant ou auxiliaire de puériculture !
Ouvrage tout-en-un
Nouveau
978-2-311-21965-4
Pour intégrer une école d'aide-soignant et d'auxiliaire de puériculture - Sélection 2025
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Je réussis à entrer en IFSI avec Parcoursup 2025

16,90 €

Marion Gauthier, Mandi Gueguen, Sébastien Drevet
7e édition
octobre 2024
272 pages
L'essentiel pour optimiser vos chances d'entrer en IFSI et devenir infirmier avec la procédure Parcoursup !
Ouvrage tout-en-un
Nouveau
978-2-311-22130-5
Institut en formation de soins infirmiers
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IADE, Infirmier anesthésiste : S'entraîner à la pratique clinique avec 20 cas concrets

19,90 €

Garry Laudren, Michaël Mimouni
1re édition
novembre 2024
176 pages
Le tout premier cahier d’exercices pour s’entraîner à la pratique et au raisonnement clinique IADE
Livre
Nouveau
978-2-311-66519-2
Disponible
Livre




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Ni–Co alloys via controlled pyrolysis of NiCo–MOF as heterogeneous hydrogenation catalysts

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00664J, Paper
Lidan Deng, Xingwang Liu, Chong Chen, Lu Wang, Fan Liu, Jie Zhang
The pyrolysis in H2 at lower temperatures can obtain MNP/MOF with more complete MOFs structure and dispersed Ni–Co alloy nanoparticles, which display significantly better activity for the hydrogenation of toluene to methylcyclohexane.
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Carbon dots analysis of charge transfer intrinsic capacity based on the analytic calculation of chemical reactivity descriptors

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7244-7255
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ01100G, Paper
Jesús A. Lara-Cerón, Roberto Flores-Moreno, José A. Flores-Ramos, Gururaj K. Jayaprakash
Carbon dots analysis of charge transfer intrinsic capacity based on the analytic calculation of chemical reactivity descriptors.
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Is entrepreneurship for you?




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2024/12/07-08 (Montreal): Alice Zorn and Alice Irene Whittaker at the Read Quebec Book Fair

Alice Zorn (Colours in Her Hands) and Alice Irene Whittaker (Homing) will be signing books at the Read Quebec Book Fair! This vibrant event celebrates […]

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Introducing Keras Hub: Your one-stop shop for pretrained models

KerasHub is a new unified library for pretrained models fostering a more cohesive ecosystem for developers.




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IIT-Madras’s Centre for Memory Studies celebrates Anglo-Indian history

Memory Bytes, a phy-gital exhibition, explores the Anglo-Indian community’s story across centuries



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Fractionation and preconcentration of silver nanoparticles at environmentally relevant concentrations through induced eco-corona formation and spICP-MS characterization

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1559-1570
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00933E, Paper
Aline Martins de Andrade, Anerise de Barros, Italo Odone Mazali, Marco Aurélio Zezzi Arruda
The release of nanoparticles (NPs) into environmental matrices has raised concerns regarding the contamination of environmental matrices. An induced eco-corona method was used to preconcentrate silver NPs in environmental waters analysed by spICP-MS.
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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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Nanoscale control over water-film thickness using temperature modulation: tuning mineral carbonation reactivity

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1412-1416
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00884C, Communication
Open Access
Christopher J. Thompson, Sebastian T. Mergelsberg, Bavan P. Rajan, Paul F. Martin, Sebastien N. Kerisit, John S. Loring
Temperature modulation was demonstrated as a novel way to control water partitioning during the reaction of silicate minerals with water-saturated supercritical carbon dioxide.
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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
Open Access
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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Solvent-polarity-controlled assembly of polynuclear titanium-calixarene complexes: constructing isolated {Ti7}, {Ti13}, {Ti24} and {Tb2Ti13} clusters

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01275A, Paper
Yanyan Wang, Ying Xiong, Wuping Liao
The assembly of polynuclear titanium-calixarene complexes is based on Ti4–C8A SBUs.
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Local concentration controls the hydrate phase of calcium oxalate

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01286G, Paper
Zhaodong Wang, Lala Du, Qihang Wang, Jingjing Xie, Zhengyi Fu, Zhaoyong Zou
The calcium oxalate phase selection in supersaturated solution is determined by a combination of thermodynamic and kinetic factors.
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Instagram tests new ‘Interested’ feature for more user control

Instagram also plans to roll out transparency tools for creators




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WhatsApp introduces new privacy features — silence unknown calls, privacy checkup

WhatsApp also announced a private messaging feature. Actor Anushka Sharma has been roped in for the launch




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Centre extends deadline for Telangana millers for supply of rice to FCI

Asks State government to adhere to quality norms




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Two-quarters of no disruptions will help revive entry-level bike and cars segments: FADA chief  

The EV segment needs to deliver good quality products, said Vinkesh Gulati