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Dalit girl back in school after The Hindu report




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‘Linguistic minority school students find Tamil difficult’




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Mind power

Distraction dissipates energy. Learn how to tap the mind’s potential and tackle challenges.




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The Hindu Science Quiz — Of droopy dogs and killer whales




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The Hindu Science Quiz: Of Venus craters and Chinese astronauts

What does China call its astronaut and who predicted communication satellites? For answers, and more questions take this quiz.




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Moonshot : the Indigenous comicgs collection.




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Biindigen! : Amik says welcome / Nancy Cooper ; illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley

Cooper, Nancy, 1967- author




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The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon

Kamkwamba, William, 1987- author




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Selling 3G with 2G mindset

Old world systems hamper the 3G user experience



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Mind over matter : hard-won battles on the road to hope / Jordin Tootoo with Stephen Brunt

Tootoo, Jordin, 1983- author




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Wild horses : running free / Linda L. Richards

Richards, Linda L. (Linda Lea), 1960- author




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Poe : stories and poems / a graphic novel adaptation by Gareth Hinds

Hinds, Gareth, 1971- author, illustrator




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‘Start-up valuations are more palatable in India’

Why Rocketship.vc prefers to back ideas rather than valuations




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Fireside Ventures aims to birth Indian mega-brands

Why VC firm Fireside Ventures believes it can build multimillion-dollar consumer brands in India without burning capital




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Esport: Rise of the virtual Indian champ

Competitive video gaming in India is buzzing with big-money championships, star players, celebrity endorsers and a surging fan base




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An app with a taste for Indian languages 

Language Curry offers digital means to achieve multilingual proficiency




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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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The many failures behind each ‘success story’

What’s behind the craze for highly successful people... and ventures




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A honk meter for Indian roads

Ahmedabad techie designs app-based device Yhonk to keep horn-happy drivers in check




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Why India Inc is slow to adopt AI tech

Indian firms appear willing to explore AI deployment, but most projects are stuck in pilot stage




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Inclusive program: Leaving no child behind in software skills

Hyderabad start-up’s tactile cardboard kit introduces visually challenged students to joys of coding 




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India’s booming D2C beauty market

Start-ups take on personal care biggies with niche products, mostly home-delivered through e-commerce




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Fostering the digital adoption drive in India

Why 8i Ventures backs startups that are digitising the economy




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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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ARCaDia: Single-round screening of a DNA-type targeted covalent binder possessing a latent warhead

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04594G, Communication
Open Access
Masumi Taki, Masayasu Kuwahara, Chaohui Li, Naoko Tomoda, Naoyuki Miyashita, Tetsuo Kan, Jay Yang
A covalent binder for a target protein was obtained by a direct single-round screening of a latent-warhead-modified DNA library via affinity/reactivity-based co-selection of aptameric deoxyribonucleic acid (ARCaDia), followed by a...
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Bidirectional strain release in a thermosalient organic salt crystal induced by anisotropic thermal expansion and phase transformation

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04764H, Communication
Priyasha Harsha, Dinabandhu Das
Two-way release of strain followed by jumping in an organic salt crystal can be attributed to the anisotropic thermal expansion by heating and phase transformation followed by shear deformation of the crystals by cooling.
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Mn and Mo co-doped NiS nanosheets induce abundant Ni3+–O bonds for efficient electro-oxidation of biomass

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13392-13395
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04818K, Communication
Pengfei Ren, Zixuan Wang, Wenchao Zhang, Fang Duan, Shuanglong Lu, Mingliang Du, Han Zhu
MnMo–NiS were synthesized for electro-oxidizing ethylene glycol (EG), glycerol (GLY), and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), achieving faradaic efficiencies of 97.5%, 98.6%, and 99.2%, and yield rates of 615.7, 475.5, and 333.9 μmol h−1 cm−2.
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Ion induced ultra-tough single-network ionogel

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13388-13391
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04732J, Communication
Zhenchuan Yu, Biaolong Ma, Jiqiang Wang
A strategy to fabricate ultra-tough ionogels by ionic induction is proposed, which provides a simple and general method for tuning ionogel properties.
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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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Bengaluru hosts Indian Cacao & Craft Chocolate Festival this weekend

The upcoming craft chocolate fest promises to be an eye-opener on the entire bean-to-bar experience




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Predictions for 2023: AI, VR boom in hospitality, wellness and gaming, and Balenciaga in India

This is the time of year when that we draw up the Best Of 2022 lists, and trend forecasts for 2023. And But how do you predict the unpredictable? We start with gains from the past.



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The story behind Goila butter chicken

Saransh Goila tells how Goila Butter Chicken was born and why it is less sweet




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Sanjay Thumma says cheers to The Hindu’s ‘Our state, Our taste’

Chef Sanjay Thumma aka Vah Chef chats about his new project and the cookery contest organised by The Hindu




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Selective mineralization at hydrogel interface induced by fusion between peptide hydrogels

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,1107-1115
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00112E, Paper
Yongbaek Kim, Hiroto Isobe, Keishi Nishio, Kazuki Murai
Biomineralization has garnered attention not only for its fundamental role in understanding the mechanisms of biomineral formation but also as a method for fabricating next-generation functional materials.
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Indicative of Supremacy




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Faith is indispensible




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Food-mind connection




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Magnesium(II) complexes supported by indole- and pyrrole-containing Schiff-base ligands: syntheses, structures, and applications as precatalysts in the hydroboration of nitriles and alkynes

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7125-7133
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00492B, Paper
Mengxiang Wu, Ling Chen, Xiaohan Yang, Yahong Li
Five magnesium compounds were synthesized. They are active precatalysts for the hydroboration of nitriles and alkynes. The catalytic reactions feature mild reaction conditions, excellent functional group tolerance, and high yields.
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Tannic acid induced in situ growth of an underwater superoleophobic ZIF-8 composite membrane for emulsion separation

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7384-7393
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00623B, Paper
Wanyu Lu, Qijin Tang, Huajing Cheng, Shudi Li, Cailong Zhou, Hao Yang
Tannic acid induced in situ growth of ZIF-8 crystals on a nylon membrane, creating a multifunctional composite membrane that exhibits remarkable underwater superhydrophobicity and resistance to oil adhesion.
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Copper(II) complexes of sterically hindered phenolic Schiff bases: synthesis, characterization, interaction with biomolecules, and antioxidant and antimicrobial activity

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7134-7147
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00430B, Paper
Iveta S. Turomsha, Maxim Y. Gvozdev, Nikolai P. Osipovich, Viktoryia A. Staravoitava, Dmitriy I. Shiman, Natalia V. Loginova
Phenolic Schiff bases and their Cu(II) complexes have been synthesized and characterized by physicochemical methods. The complexes exhibit low cell toxicity and high antioxidant and antibacterial activity, as evidenced by molecular docking studies.
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1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate-induced structure modification and reconstruction of nickel foams for oxygen evolution reactions

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05752F, Paper
Huamei Yang, Ziqin Chen, Kai Luo, Mengjun Yu, Yao Zhang
Surface chemical etching for the in situ growth of metal–organic materials and electrochemical reconstruction are expected to efficiently improve the catalytic performance of oxygen evolution reactions (OERs).
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Ultrasound-assisted ionic liquid-mediated green method for synthesis of 1,3-diphenylpyrazole-based spirooxindolopyrrolizidines, their anti-tubercular activity, molecular docking study and ADME predictions

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00563E, Paper
Sravanthi Baddepuri, G. Rama Krishna, Jyothi Kumari, Sriram Dharmarajan, Srinivas Basavoju
The aim of the study is to develop the synthesis of a novel series of potent anti-tubercular (anti-TB) activity of 1,3-diphenylpyrazole-based spirooxindolopyrrolizidine derivatives via an efficient green approach achieved by...
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Chasing the sound barrier, Tamil Nadu skaters aim high for India

As skaters from Tamil Nadu get ready for the World Skate Games to be held in Argentina later this year, we speak to some of the talented men and women on wheels




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These motorcyclists at the India Bike Week shatter myths about ‘women bikers’

Maral Yazarloo-Pattrick, Sameera Dahiya, and Urvashi Patole smash stereotypes about female bikers in India




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Shark Tank India’s Aman Gupta, Peyush Bansal on what to expect in season two of the reality show

‘Shark Tank India’ is back for season two with “smarter entrepreneurs and smarter sharks,” say the sharks Peyush Bansal and Aman Gupta




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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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Drawing inspiration from cityscapes are Urban Sketchers in different Indian cities

With more than 15 chapters in India, Urban Sketchers are documenting many aspects of everyday life and architecture



  • Life & Style

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Coimbatore Reads: A silent reading community to find new books and friends

Coimbatore Reads is one of the many chapters of Cubbon Reads, which has sparked a silent reading movement in several parts of the world




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Alleviation of Cadmium-Induced Oxidative Damage through Application of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and Strigolactones in Solanum lycopersicum L.

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00796K, Paper
Vaseem Raja, Karanpal Singh, Sami Ullah Qadir, Jagpreet Singh, Ki-Hyun Kim
In this research, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are bio-synthesized using Mangifera indica leaf extract as a sustainable capping and stabilizing source. The spherical morphology, crystallinity, and average size (17.97...
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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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