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Astronauts on the Space Station / Sue Fliess ; illustrated by Mia Powell

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Butterflies are pretty ... gross! / Rosemary Mosco ; illustrated by Jacob Souva

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Can you hear the plants speak? / Nicholas Hummingbird with Julia Wasson ; illustrations by Madelyn Goodnight

Hummingbird, Nicholas, author




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Close up & far out : seeing the world differently / story by Mary Auld & Adria Meserve ; illustrations by Adria Meserve

Auld, Mary, author




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Electricity / Victoria M. Williams ; illustrated by Miguel Bustos ; with expert advice from Thomas Banyard

Williams, Victoria (Science writer), author




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Evidence! : how Dr. John Snow solved the mystery of cholera / Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Nik Henderson

Hopkinson, Deborah, author




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Extreme weather for kids : lessons and activities all about hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and more! / Matthew Cappucci ; illustrated by Stephanie Hathaway

Cappucci, Matthew, author




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Fernwood forest / written by Brenda Boreham ; illustrated by Laura Timmermans

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Glaciers are alive / Debbie S. Miller ; illustrated by Jon Van Zyle

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Glow / written by Noelia González ; illustrated by Sara Boccaccini Meadows

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Insect experts in the rain forest / Sue Fliess ; illustrated by Mia Powell

Fliess, Sue, author




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Pineshish the blue jay : an Algonquin story / written by Michel Noël ; illustrated by Camille Lavoie ; translated by Louis Anctil

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Programmed to paint / written and illustrated by Mauricio Abril

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Spark, shine, glow! : what a light show / written by Lola M. Schaefer ; illustrated by James Yang

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Taking care of where we live : restoring ecosystems / Merrie-Ellen Wilcox ; illustrated by Amanda Key

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Wild symphony / Dan Brown ; illustrated by Susan Batori

Brown, Dan, 1964- author




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The music of life : Bartolomeo Cristofori & the invention of the piano / by Elizabeth Rusch ; illustrated by Marjorie Priceman

Rusch, Elizabeth, author




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A noteworthy tale / by Brenda Mutchnick and Ron Casden ; illustrated by Ian Penney

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Abracadabra, it's spring! / by Anne Sibley O'Brien ; illustrated by Susan Gal

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Ellen's broom / Kelly Starling Lyons ; illustrated by Daniel Minter

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La neige / écrit par Michael Kusugak ; illustré par Bill Helin

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There must be ease of winding up business, too

Why a business that wants to down shutters must be offered the right kind of support




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What prevents a business from scaling sustainably?

Why a headcount spike cannot be confused with organisational growth




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Drawing water from air on a sustainable, industrial scale

Uravu Labs devises an affordable means of mimicking nature’s water cycle




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Ti3C2Tx MXene bonded perylene diimide as a robust charge host for seawater electrolytes

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05059B, Communication
Sreelakshmi P., Soujanya H. Goudar, Soumyaranjan Behera, Kotagiri Venkata Rao, Ambika S., Narendra Kurra
MXene bonded perylene diimide redox electrode as a robust host for seawater electrolytes.
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Solid-state synthesis of ligand-assisted lead halide nanoclusters

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13396-13399
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04623D, Communication
David C. Zeitz, Kai-Chun Chou, Jin Z. Zhang
A solid-state synthesis of blue-emitting lead halide nanoclusters has been demonstrated for the first time.
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Rapid and sensitive detection of vanillylmandelic acid based on a luminescent fourteen-metal Tb(III) planar nanocluster

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03667K, Communication
Yanheng Meng, Shiqing Wang, Xiaoli Lv, Xianfeng Huang, Wei-Bing Zhang, Xiaojun Wu, Desmond Schipper, Xiaoping Yang
A 14-metal Tb(III) nanocluster with four CO32- anions as templates was constructed for the quantitative and qualitative detection of vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) with high sensitivity and selectivity. The luminescence response...
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Copper nanoclusters: emerging photoredox catalysts for organic bond formations

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04774E, Feature Article
Open Access
Arunachalam Sagadevan, Kathiravan Murugesan, Osman M. Bakr, Magnus Rueping
In this feature article, we provide an overview of the photocatalytic capabilities of copper-based nanoclusters for organic bond-forming reactions.
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Sustainable Production of Aromatic Chemicals from Lignin using Enzymes and Engineered Microbes

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05064A, Feature Article
Open Access
Timothy D.H. Bugg, Victoria Sodré
Lignin is an aromatic biopolymer found in plant cell walls, that is the must abundant source of renewable aromatic carbon in the biosphere. Hence there is considerable interest in the...
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The Gods must be pleased

How the Gujarathi Vaishnava community bond together over food they prepare for the annual Annakoot festival




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Watch | Masterchef Australia 2018 winner Sashi Cheliah opens restaurant in Chennai 

A video on Pandan Club, a new restaurant in Chennai with a unique Peranakan Malaysian menu




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A four-day Wild Food Festival in the Nilgiris puts the spotlight on sustainability

Climate crisis is real. It’s time to switch the narrative towards seasonal, locally available produce for sustainability, say speakers at the recently-concluded four-day Nilgiris Wild Food Festival




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Making your open source project sponsor-ready, Part 1: Companies and trust

Early on, it was a battle to get sponsorship for open source projects. What used to require phone calls and drawn-out discussions has now been streamlined thanks to efforts like Open Collective1 and GitHub Sponsors2. Companies and individuals can now know if a project accepts donations just by looking at the project page on GitHub,...




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Sponsoring dependencies: The next step in open source sustainability

When the JavaScript Standard Style (StandardJS) project1 decided to show ads during installation, the backlash was swift and harsh. The project is an opinionated JavaScript style guide, formatter, and linter all in one, and it was also the first npm project to try and raise money by inserting an ad in the command line.2 The...




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Setting up a Rust development environment with Visual Studio Code

When I decided to teach myself Rust, I naturally started looking around at what editors I could use. It turned out that most of the folks I asked online were still using Visual Studio Code for Rust. To my surprise, though, setting up a complete development environment in Visual Studio Code wasn’t as straightforward as...




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Baba’s abode, now a bustling town

Experience the aura of Shirdi.




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Catalytic Ethynylation of Formaldehyde for Selective Propargyl Alcohol Production Using the Copper Metal Organic Framework HKUST-1

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ06001B, Paper
Wanxi Yang, Wencai Peng, Han Li, Jin Mao, Liqiang Qian, Qingyu Zhang
HKUST-1 with high crystallinity has been successfully synthesized by solvothermal method using Cu(NO3)2·3H2O as a copper source, 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid as organic ligand, and N,N-dimethylformamide as solvent. HKUST-1 exhibited a typical...
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Solvent and Stoichiometry-dependent Versatile Organogelation and Robust Crystallization from Supramolecular Association of Adipic Acid and Triethanolamine

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00559G, Paper
Gerald Lepcha, Indrajit Pal, Santanu Majumdar, Yogesh Dhasmana, Sanjay Mondal, Ennio Zangrando, Deepak Chopra, Biswajit Dey
Supramolecular self-assembly directed two unique organogels were achieved through varying gel-immobilized solvents. One gel is comprised of adipic acid (ADP) and triethanolamine (TEA) in pure dimethylformamide medium (i.e., ADP-TEA-DMF), while...
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SnS2 decorated biochar: a robust platform for the photocatalytic degradation and electrochemical sensing of pollutants

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7111-7124
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00231H, Paper
Firdous Ahmad Ganaie, Zia ul-Haq, Arshid Bashir, Aaliya Qureashi, Irfan Nazir, Kaniz Fatima, Altaf Hussain Pandith, Mohsin Ahmad Bhat
We report the decoration of biochar with self-assembled SnS2 nanoflakes for methylene blue degradation and electrochemical sensing of Hg2+ and Pb2+ ions.
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In situ fabrication of a robust P–N heterojunction based on Mn–Zn–S–ethylenediamine hybrid nanorods for boosting photocatalytic performance

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7287-7299
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05879D, Paper
Zhi-Yu Liang, Wang-Jun Huang, Er-Da Zhan, Peng Yang, Ren-Kun Huang, Ying Wang, Gui-Yang Yan
Multifarious novel photocatalysts based on hybrid nanocomposites have been developed to boost photocatalytic efficiency.
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A robust dual-network hydrogel electrolyte coupled with a porous carbon material for flexible quasi-solid-state zinc ion hybrid supercapacitors

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00310A, Paper
Chenchen Ji, Xinhong Lin, Yang Hong, Junfeng Liu, Aoteng Liu, Yijia Yao, Sicheng Liu, Hongyu Mi
A hydrogel electrolyte was designed by constructing a multi-crosslinked network. The quasi-solid-state ZHSC based on the hydrogel electrolyte and HSSPC delivers a high specific capacity, high energy/power densities, and good cycle stability.
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Rain or shine, August set to be the month of travel 

With the upcoming long weekend, tour conductors are observing an increase in bookings 




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Constructing a core–shell Pt@MnOx/SiO2 catalyst for benzene catalytic combustion with excellent SO2 resistance: new insights into active sites

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00071D, Paper
Dan Yang, Fang Dong, Jie Wang, Zhicheng Tang, Jiyi Zhang
The construction of a core–shell Pt@MnOx/SiO2 protective structure catalyst can protect the active Pt site well from SO2 toxicity.
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Green Chemistry: Advancing Planetary Phosphorus Sustainability through the Synergy of Graphene Oxide Modified with Magnetic Nanoparticles (M@GO) for Extracting Tertiary Effluent Phosphorus in Sewage Treatment Plants.

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00859B, Paper
Open Access
Andrea Muñoz-Garcia, Pablo Montoro Leal, María Mar López Guerrero, Carlos Vereda-Alonso, Elisa Vereda Alonso
Securing the enduring sustainability of global phosphorus (P) utilization has become a key societal priority. The application of green chemistry and green engineering presents an opportunity to mitigate these challenges...
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Core–shell magnetic zinc-based molecularly imprinted polymer: a robust heterogeneous catalytic nanoreactor toward the CO2 fixation reaction

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1622-1635
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00554B, Paper
Tahereh Nasiriani, Neda Adabi Nigjeh, Ahmad Shaabani
This study deals with the synthesis of a core–shell magnetic zinc-based molecularly imprinted polymer (M-Zn-MIP) as a robust heterogeneous catalytic nanoreactor. The catalytic activity of the M-Zn-MIP was explored in the CO2 fixation reaction.
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“Feather-duster” like ZnIn2S4/TiO2 heterostructured nanocomposites with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performance

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2025-2032
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01239E, Paper
Wenjie Liu, Lei Li, Jingru Li, Fang Wang, Chun-Shuai Cao, Jianzhou Gui, Alex T. Kuvarega, Bhekie B. Mamba, Dan Liu
The ZnIn2S4/TiO2 heterostructures show an increased surface area and strengthened interface contacts, facilitating efficient photogenerated carrier separation and leading to high photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation.
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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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Highly efficient and durable P, Ru–CeO2 self-supporting electrodes toward industrial-level hydrogen production

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00143E, Paper
Wenguang Ma, Xiaodong Yang, Yanru Xu, Cuncheng Li, Yiqiang Sun, Qi Shen, Zhixin Sun
The electrolysis of seawater has become a preferred method for hydrogen production since the current shortage of freshwater resources, offering an effective strategy to address the energy crisis.
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Acoustic shock wave-induced phase transition in indium selenide: tuning band gap energy for solar cell applications

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00012A, Paper
S. Oviya, F. Irine Maria Bincy, S. Arumugam, K. Kamala Bharathi, Raju Suresh Kumar, P. Kannappan, Ikhyun Kim, S. A. Martin Britto Dhas
Acoustic shock wave loading experiment on indium selenide.
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WhatsApp desktop users can now adjust text size

WhatsApp unveils the new feature for beta users