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5 Secluded Places to Stay Away from Daily Chaos

In today’s hyper-connected world distance is no longer a hindrance and people are using the latest technology to keep in touch with each other round the clock.




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What difference does it make in my life: Gambhir downplays criticism he faces after NZ whitewash

India head coach Gautam Gambhir downplayed the criticism he has faced after a humiliating 3-0 series loss to New Zealand at home in the recent series, saying he knew that taking up the prestigious role of India coach is highly difficult and don't think "he is feeling the heat" as his job is "absolutely honest".




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Pinterest faces EU privacy complaint over tracking ads

When it comes to privacy nightmares, Pinterest is unlikely to be the first social app that springs to mind. But the visual discovery engine’s use of tracking ads is the target of the latest complaint from European privacy rights nonprofit noyb, which accuses it of breaching the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by failing […]

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Temu’s low-cost marketplace faces formal probe in EU over raft of DSA compliance concerns

The European Union has expanded its scrutiny of online marketplaces by opening a formal proceeding on Chinese low-cost e-commerce platform, Temu, under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Commission announced Thursday. Enforcers of the online governance framework will now dial up their oversight of Temu. The bloc’s suspicions are focused on concerns about the sale […]

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Corning, maker of toughened Gorilla Glass for phones, faces EU antitrust probe

On Wednesday, the European Union opened an investigation of U.S. manufacturer Corning over possible anti-competitive practices. Corning may not be a name that’s super familiar to the average tech consumer, but you are almost certainly within touching distance of its products, as it’s a leading supplier of speciality toughened glass for mobile devices, including Apple’s […]

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Hong Kong Races to Contain Covid-19 Outbreak – With China’s Help

As countries loosen Covid-19 restrictions, Hong Kong is sticking to a “dynamic zero-Covid” approach – with help from Beijing. A surge in cases has overwhelmed hospitals and threatens business confidence in the global financial hub. Photo: Bertha Wang/Bloomberg




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Boeing’s Starliner Spaceship Delays, Explained

Boeing’s Starliner spaceship has been hampered by a string of errors and delays. WSJ’s Micah Maidenberg explains why Boeing has struggled to launch the Starliner on schedule and what’s next for the aerospace giant’s space program. Photo: NASA/Joel Kowsky




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Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Company X Faces $20 Million Lawsuit Over Shares by Former Twitter Chairman

Former Twitter Chairman Omid Kordestani has filed a lawsuit against the social media company, alleging that billionaire owner Elon Musk is withholding over $20 million worth of shares he is entitled to. Kordestani served as executive chairman from 2015 to 2020




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Dengue Alert: Gurugram Faces Surge In Cases With Over 175 Confirmed

Dengue cases are on the rise in Gurugram, prompting extensive awareness and preventive measures by health officials.




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Flipkart Faces Growing Customer Frustration Over Order Cancellations Before Big Billion Days Sale

As Flipkart gears up for its annual Big Billion Days sale, the company is facing an unexpected wave of controversy. Just days before the sale’s scheduled start on September 27th, customers have taken to social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter)




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Yash's 'Toxic' Faces Legal Trouble: Forest Department Files Case Against Makers For Illegal Tree Felling

The Karnataka Forest Department has filed an FIR against the producers of Yash's 'Toxic' and officials from Canara Bank and HMT for allegedly cutting down trees on forest land during the film's shoot in Bengaluru.




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Shahroz Ali Khan's Grit Takes Him Places in the Glam World

Undeterred by rejections and barriers, he persisted, starting off by assisting senior producers and directors to learn the ropes of film-making.  




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Silent Firing Is Taking Over Workplaces : Are You at Risk? Here’s What You Should Know

Job security can feel uncertain, with many people worrying about their future at work. We often hear about employees facing unexpected layoffs, burnout, or feeling undervalued, creating a sense of unease that lingers in the back of our minds. One concerning




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Are You Still Single And Ready To Mingle? Here’s Why ‘Third Spaces’ Are Important For Your Love Life

Well, are you one of those people who are still searching for Mr. or Miss Right but still haven't found one yet? In this digital age, many rely on dating apps to find their dream partner, but have you ever considered




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New directions in experiment and theory, interfaces, and interactions: general discussion

Faraday Discuss., 2024, 253,493-509
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD90037E, Discussion
Rob Atkin, Duncan W. Bruce, Robert A. W. Dryfe, Emmanuelle Dubois, Karen J. Edler, Christopher E. Elgar, Andrew Feeney, Kateryna Goloviznina, Timothy S. Groves, Benworth Hansen, John D. Holbrey, Christian Holm, Alexei Kornyshev, Claudio J. Margulis, Daniel M. Markiewitz, Richard P. Matthews, Joshua Maurer, Shurui Miao, Frederik Philippi, Elixabete Rezabal, Bernhard Roling, Benjamin Rotenberg, Joshua Sangoro, Monika Schönhoff, John M. Slattery, Małgorzata Swadźba-Kwaśny, Neave Taylor, Masayoshi Watanabe, Jake Yang
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Teacher faces backlash for giving extra marks to students for THIS reason

The post has garnered 16 million views, igniting significant debate among social media users.




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Wisdom sits in places : landscape and language among the Western Apache [Electronic book] / Keith H. Basso.

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1996]




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Watching, Waiting : The Photographic Representation of Empty Places [Electronic book] / Sandra Križić Roban, Ana Šverko.

[s.l.] : Universitaire Pers Leuven, 2023.




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Pacific Island Women and Contested Sporting Spaces [Electronic book] / Yoko Kanemasu.

England : Routledge, 2024.




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Digital places : living with geographic information technologies [Electronic book] / Michael R. Curry.

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.




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Hierarchical FeCo LDH/NiSe heterostructure electrocatalysts with rich heterointerfaces for robust water splitting at industrial-level current density

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02426E, Research Article
Weiwei Han, Wenyi Wang, Jiahong Liao, Yi He, Xingwang Zhang, Chunlin Yu
Sustainable hydrogen production by electrocatalytic water splitting is a promising energy storage technology yet challenging due to the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Rationally designed robust and...
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The fractal geometry of polymeric materials surfaces: surface area and fractal length scales

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3082-3096
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01497E, Paper
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H. Eduardo Roman, Federico Cesura, Rabia Maryam, Igor Levchenko, Katia Alexander, Claudia Riccardi
Non-treated (NT) and plasma-treated (PT) polymeric surfaces display self-affine fractal scaling. The plasma increases both the surface area and the fractal length scales, helping the design of PT interfaces with larger surface areas at the nm scale.
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Softness matters: effects of compression on the behavior of adsorbed microgels at interfaces

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00235K, Paper
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Yuri Gerelli, Fabrizio Camerin, Steffen Bochenek, Maximilian M. Schmidt, Armando Maestro, Walter Richtering, Emanuela Zaccarelli, Andrea Scotti
As lateral compression is applied, microgel particles with different softness exhibit distinct behaviours. Hard microgels (green particles) are pushed away from the air–water interface, whereas soft ones (orange particles) are less deformed.
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Effect of Aromatic Side Chain on the Dilational Rheological Properties of N-Acyltaurate Amphiphiles at Water-Decane Interfaces

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00269E, Paper
Yang-Wen Zhu, Zhicheng Xu, Li Zhang, Ping Liu, Yu Hou, Lei Zhang, Lu Zhang
To elucidate the effect of aromatic side chains on dilational rheological properties of N-acyltaurate amphiphiles at the decane-water interface, the interfacial rheological properties of sodium N-2-(2-naphthoxy)-tetradecanolytaurinate (12+N-T) and sodium N-2-(p-butylphenoxy)-...
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Interfacial energy as an approach to designing amphipathic surfaces during photopolymerization curing

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01528A, Paper
Open Access
Sabrina J. Curley, Caroline R. Szczepanski
Photopolymerization induced phase separation (PIPS) is utilized to develop materials in a single step that are hydrophobic on one face and hydrophilic on the other.
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In situ study of the interactions between metal surfaces and cationic surfactant corrosion inhibitors by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy coupled with visible spectroscopy

Analyst, 2024, 149,5372-5380
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00861H, Paper
Open Access
Felix Frank, Daniela Tomasetig, Peter Nahringbauer, Wolfgang Ipsmiller, Gerd Mauschitz, Karin Wieland, Bernhard Lendl
Coupling Raman and VIS spectroscopy enables the study of AgNP aggregations induced by surfactants.
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Modeling interfacial electric fields and the ethanol oxidation reaction at electrode surfaces

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26,27544-27560
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP02765E, Paper
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Yuhan Mei, Fanglin Che, N. Aaron Deskins
The electrochemical environment present at surfaces can have a large effect on surface reactivity.
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The decisive role of Au in CO diffusion on Pt surfaces: a DFT study.

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03618B, Paper
Ana Lucia Reviglio, Paula Sofia Cappellari, German Jose Soldano, Marcelo Mario Mariscal, Gabriel Angel Planes
The modification of metallic surfaces with adsorbed atoms of a second metal is presented as an ideal method for producing electrocatalysts. In this work, we examined the role of Au...
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Water adsorption at the (010) and (101) surfaces of CuWO4

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP02699C, Paper
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Xuan Chu, David Santos-Carballal, Nora H. de Leeuw
The copper tungstate CuWO4 surfaces tend to remain either dry or fully hydrated, depending on specific environmental conditions.
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Hyrox races launch in India with first event scheduled for 2025 in Mumbai

Hyrox, the world series of indoor hybrid fitness racing, launched in India on October 17 this year. The first race is scheduled for May 3, 2025, in Mumbai




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Banjara Hills is much sought after for commercial and residential spaces

Your property-related queries answered by Karan Rathod of ‘K Valuations’, Begumpet



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Red Bull braces for its most formidable challenge yet

Led by the irresistible Verstappen, the outfit, over the last three years, has ended Mercedes’ dominance. But amidst an upheaval among its personnel, exits of key strategists, an underperforming driver and increasing competition, Red Bull has its back to the wall. As the F1 circus regroups at Zandvoort on Sunday, can the reigning champion handle the tricky transition phase that has tripped many a successful sporting franchise?




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Indian Racing Festival | Chennai dazzles under lights with action-packed races

The on-track drama was exciting, and barring a minor incident during the first Indian Racing League race, the event passed off without hiccups.




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Paris Olympics: Men’s hockey team peaking at right time, faces Great Britain in quarterfinals

Harmanpreet Singh-led outfit has lifted its game steadily in the Olympics and is likely to throw a different challenge against Great Britain




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School on Raj Bhavan premises faces closure, students worried

Governor’s office has sent a request to shift children to other schools.




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Laccase-catalyzed tyrosine click reaction with 1-methyl-4-arylurazole: rapid labeling on protein surfaces

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03802A, Communication
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Keita Nakane, Chizu Fujimura, Shogo Miyano, Zhengyi Liu, Tatsuya Niwa, Hafumi Nishi, Tetsuya Kadonosono, Hideki Taguchi, Shusuke Tomoshige, Minoru Ishikawa, Shinichi Sato
Our study shows efficient tyrosine labeling using 1-methyl-4-arylurazole (MAUra) with laccase under mild conditions. This method achieves a high efficiency (kcat/Km = 7.88 × 104 M−1 s−1), selectively targeting exposed tyrosine sites on proteins.
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Tamil theatre’s new voice: Chennai audiences cheer for fresh ideas and new faces

Tamil contemporary theatre in the city sees a promising resurgence as new faces debut on stage with fresh scripts and creative ideas




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An architect and a student are beautifying public spaces in Bengaluru

After painting the walls of a 100-year-old school building, and a hospital, Namitha B Ramaiah and Siddharth Kaul are looking to up the interest quotient of public spaces in Bengaluru




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Molecular mechanisms of dimethylarsinic acid adsorption onto aluminum substituted ferrihydrite surfaces

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1713-1723
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00664F, Paper
Yiting Ge, Jiaqi Wang, Fayang Guo, Meng Yuan, Wentao Wang, Jiangshan Li, Jing Zhang, Xionghan Feng, Wenfeng Tan, Yupeng Wu, Hui Yin
Aluminum substitution in ferrihydrite promotes the formation of monodentate mononuclear and outer-sphere complexes of dimethylarsinic acid on the mineral surfaces at the expense of bidentate binuclear complexes at pH 6.
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The many faces of love

Ashvin Gidwani on what inspired his play The Scent of a Man, to be performed in the city on Saturday




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Ten places to visit in Norway

JOSEPH ANDREWS lists some of Scandinavia’s most striiking destinations




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Dialogue of books: Navigating a turbulent world with literature’s map of imaginary places

The case for rereading cannot be made emphatically enough as we see how the armchair nature of David Damrosch’s travels serves as a nudge to readers to structure their favourite books




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Video | One of the best places for non-veg food on highway - Selvi Mess in Salem




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Wayanad bypoll: LDF accuses Priyanka Gandhi of ‘misusing’ religious places for election campaign, moves ECI

Complaint lodged by LDF Wayanad Parliamentary Committee says Congress violated electoral rules and regulations




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Sexual harassment in public spaces and police patrols [electronic resource] : experimental evidence from urban India / Sofia Amaral, Girija Borker, Nathan Fiala, Anjani Kumar, Nishith Prakash, Maria Micaela Sviatschi

Cambridge, MA. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2023




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6 must-visit places in Mumbai for an exciting weekend

From a brand-new cocktail bar in Bandra to a menu inspired by the Kerala spice trade, we’ve got all your cravings covered




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K'taka's economy outpaces national growth despite global headwinds: CM Siddaramaiah�




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Indian online gaming sector faces money laundering threat, warns report

The sector employs around one lakh people and has the potential to to create 2,50,000 jobs by 2025




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Having a data backup is not enough. You should store it at multiple places: Veeam

This rule involves maintaining three copies of data, stored on two different types of storage media, with one copy located offsite




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Measuring local pH at interfaces from molecular tumbling: A concept for designing EPR-active pH-sensitive labels and probes

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00167B, Paper
Open Access
Maxim A. Voinov, Nicholas Nunn, Roshan Rana, Atli Davidsson, Alex I. Smirnov, Tatyana I. Smirnova
EPR-based local pH measurements based on changes in rotational dynamics of spin-bearing molecules upon protonation.
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