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EWA, which taps into popular media to teach languages, hits 51M downloads and 3.5M MAUs and raises its first outside funding

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Apple might release a $2,000 Vision headset next year

Apple’s Vision Pro hasn’t exactly reshaped the market, but the company isn’t giving up on headsets that combine the digital and real worlds. A new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple’s next big mixed reality release could come as early as next year, with the launch of a Vision headset costing around $2,000 […]

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Kaszek Ventures leads a $15 million round in Chilean asset management startup, Fintual

Like other financial sectors in Latin America, the retail investing space is getting a facelift by local tech startups that are cashing in on the untapped potential for democratizing asset management in the region. One of those startups is Chilean-based Fintual, which today announced a $15 million round led by Kaszek Ventures, the largest fund […]

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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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LinkedIn fined $335 million in EU for tracking ads privacy breaches

Bad news for LinkedIn in Europe, where the Microsoft-owned social network has been reprimanded and fined €310 million for privacy violations related to its tracking ads business. The administrative penalties, which are worth around $335 million at current exchange rates, have been issued by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) under the European Union’s General Data […]

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Europe’s DMA forces Meta toward ‘less personalized ads’

Meta, under legal pressure in the European Union over a binary “pay us or consent to ad tracking” choice it currently offers regional users of its social networks Facebook and Instagram, is changing how its regional ad business works again. Little wonder when compliance failure in this context risks fines of up to 10% of […]

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Dilshad @ Dk S/O Badshah vs State Of Rajasthan (2024:Rj-Jp:46160) on 7 November, 2024

1. This bail application has been filed by the accused-petitioner under Section 483 B.N.S.S., in connection with F.I.R. No.287/2024, registered at the Police Station Adarshnagar Jaipur City (East), District Jaipur City (East) for the offences punishable under Sections 140(2) & 142 of BNS.

2. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the accused- petitioner has falsely been implicated in this matter. Counsel further submits that co-accused have already been enlarged on bail by this Court on 25.10.2024. Counsel further submits that the accused-petitioner is in custody since long time. He is no more required for any kind of interrogation or recovery, therefore, the petitioner may be released on bail.




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Mercedes-AMG C 63 S E-Performance Launched At Rs 1.95 Crore - F1 Tech For Indian Roads

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Adsorption and vibrational spectroscopy of CO on the surface of MgO from periodic local coupled-cluster theory

Faraday Discuss., 2024, 254,628-640
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00041B, Paper
Open Access
Hong-Zhou Ye, Timothy C. Berkelbach
Local correlation allows accurate periodic CCSD(T) calculations to be efficiently performed for molecules on realistic surfaces with large basis sets, yielding accurate adsorption energies and vibrational frequencies.
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CO adsorption on Pt(111) studied by periodic coupled cluster theory

Faraday Discuss., 2024, 254,586-597
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00085D, Paper
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Johanna P. Carbone, Andreas Irmler, Alejandro Gallo, Tobias Schäfer, William Z. Van Benschoten, James J. Shepherd, Andreas Grüneis
Application of periodic coupled-cluster theory for CO adsorption energies on the Pt(111) surface. The adsorption energy at the top site is mainly electrostatic, while at the fcc site it is correlation-based. This difference might account for the challenges DFT faces with the CO puzzle.
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Silk Road linguistics [Electronic book] : the birth of Yiddish and the multiethnic Jewish peoples on the Silk Roads, 9-13th centuries : the indispensable role of the Arabs, Chinese, Germans, Iranians, Slavs and Turks / Paul Wexler.

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2021.




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The intimate life of an Ottoman statesman [Electronic book] : Melek Ahmed Pasha (1588-1662) : as portrayed in Evliya Çelebi's Book of travels (Seyahat-name) / translation and commentary by Robert Dankoff ; with a historical introduction by Rhoads

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1991]




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Significant adsorption enhancements driven by pore microenvironment tuning for efficient C2H2/C2H4 separation in a chemically stable Ni7-cluster-based framework

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI01856G, Research Article
Yunli Wang, Rizhao Zhang, Jin-Peng Xue, Yuqiao Chai, Bao Li, Jia Li
This study presents a stable Ni7-cluster MOF with enhanced adsorption through pore microenvironment tuning. Two types of guest-free frameworks achieve C2H2/C2H4 separation, providing deep insights into separation mechanisms.
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A highly active and durable NiMoCuCo catalyst with moderated hydroxide adsorption energy for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI01947D, Research Article
Hyeonggeun Choi, Seunghwan Jo, Ki Hoon Shin, HeeYoung Lim, Liting Zhang, Keon Beom Lee, Young-Woo Lee, Jung Inn Sohn
A charge valence state and surface-electronegativity-modulated NiMoCuCo composite is proposed as an active and durable alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalyst with moderated hydroxide adsorption energy.
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Linker engineering in mixed-ligand metal–organic frameworks for simultaneously enhanced benzene adsorption and benzene/cyclohexane separation

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,8101-8109
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI01796J, Research Article
Yong-Zheng Zhang, Xin-Dan Zhang, Yan-Kai Zhang, Fu-Tian Wang, Longlong Geng, Hui Hu, Zhen Li, Da-Shuai Zhang, Hongliang Huang, Xiuling Zhang
A novel mixed-ligand metal–organic framework, featuring naphthalene rings in its secondary linker, exhibits exceptional benzene adsorption and separation capacities.
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Preparation of modified humic acid/TiO2/P(AA-co-AM) nanocomposite hydrogels with enhanced dye adsorption and photocatalysis

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,2937-2954
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01749D, Paper
Xuankun Gong, Amatjan Sawut, Rena Simayi, Ziyue Wang, Yurou Feng
A novel composite hydrogel with exceptional adsorption and photocatalytic properties was synthesized using modified coal-based humic acid (HA-C), modified titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, acrylic acid (AA), and acrylamide (AM) as precursors.
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Adsorption of semiflexible wormlike polymers to a bar and their double-chain complex formation

Soft Matter, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00188E, Paper
Open Access
A. N. Semenov, I. A. Nyrkova
The quantitative transfer matrix approach and scaling arguments in terms of trains, loops, tails and supertrains allowed us to characterize the main regimes of semiflexible chain adsorption on a bar and double-chain complex formation.
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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
Open Access
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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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A prediction model for CO2/CO adsorption performance on binary alloys based on machine learning

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12235-12246
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00710G, Paper
Open Access
Xiaofeng Cao, Wenjia Luo, Huimin Liu
Machine-learning models were constructed to accurately predict CO2 and CO adsorption affinity on a wide range of binary alloying.
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Thermally modified nanocrystalline snail shell adsorbent for methylene blue sequestration: equilibrium, kinetic, thermodynamic, artificial intelligence, and DFT studies

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12703-12719
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01074D, Paper
Open Access
Abisoye Abidemi Adaramaja, Abayomi Bamisaye, Shakirudeen Modupe Abati, Kayode Adesina Adegoke, Morenike Oluwabunmi Adesina, Ayodeji Rapheal Ige, Oluwatobi Adeleke, Mopelola Abidemi Idowu, Abel Kolawole Oyebamiji, Olugbenga Solomon Bello
The quest for an efficient and sustainable adsorbent material that can effectively remove harmful and hazardous dyes from industrial effluent has become more intense. Thermally modified nanocrystalline snail shell is a new biosorbent for removing methylene blue dye from contaminated wastewater.
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Efficient dye adsorption of mesoporous activated carbon from bamboo parenchyma cells by phosphoric acid activation

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12873-12882
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01652A, Paper
Open Access
Yuxuan Yao, Haifeng Zuo, Yijing Liu, Shenghua Pang, Liuqian Lan, Futi Yao, Yongyi Wu, Zhigao Liu
In this study, mesoporous activated carbon was prepared from bamboo parenchyma cells for MB removal from water.
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3D-printed biomimetic scaffolds loaded with ADSCs and BMP-2 for enhanced rotator cuff repair

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01073F, Paper
Zhonglian Wu, Jian Yang, Hui Chong, Xiaomei Dai, Haidi Sun, Junli Shi, Meijuan Yuan, Dianwei Liu, Mengbo Dang, Hang Yao, Wenyong Fei
The schematic diagram of a 3D-printed biomimetic scaffold applied to tendon–bone interface repair.
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Microfluidic synthesis and accurate immobilization of low-density QD-encoded magnetic microbeads for multiplex immunoassay

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,11230-11236
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01585A, Paper
Zhou Sha, Tianyi Ling, Wenqi Yang, Haosu Xie, Chunnan Wang, Shuqing Sun
Accurate immobilization of microbeads in the gap of nickel patterns.
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Polycyclic aromatic polymer nanoparticles show potent infectious particle adsorption capability

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01793E, Paper
Yudai Oishi, Mako Toyoda, Nanami Hano, Chihiro Motozono, Takamasa Ueno, Makoto Takafuji
Nonspecific viral adsorption by polymer nanoparticles is more economical and superior in terms of operating cost and energy efficiency than viral adsorption using virus-specific antibodies and filtration techniques involving size...
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Shape Of Water leads Oscars nominations

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Effects of surface oxygen vacancy on CO2 adsorption and its activation towards C2H4 using metal (Cu, Pd, CuPd) cluster-loaded TiO2 catalysts: A first principles study

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03507K, Paper
Sajjad Hussain, Lina Zhang, Zhengzheng Xie, Jianjun Yang, Qiuye Li
The conversion of the highly selective CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) into desired value-added multicarbon compounds, like C2H4, is crucial, but it is mainly constrained by high energy barrier for C-C...
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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
Open Access
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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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A boron nitride–carbon composite derived from ammonia borane and ZIF-8 with promises for the adsorption of carbon dioxide

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00643G, Paper
Open Access
Carlos A. Castilla-Martinez, Christophe Charmette, Jim Cartier, Umit B. Demirci
In the present study, we report the synthesis, characterization and assessment of the carbon dioxide adsorption capacity of a composite made of boron nitride and carbon.
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Adsorption behavior of chloramphenicol on an activated carbon from pomelo peel using KHCO3 activator

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7081-7091
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05838G, Paper
Haixia Li, Hai Zhu, Junqiang Qiu, Danning Zheng, Lifang Gao, Dan Zhou, Dan Xu
The pomelo peel-based activated carbon as a high-performance adsorbent for chloramphenicol is synthesized by KHCO3 activator through a solid pyrolysis method.
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Adsorption isotherms of enantiomers on a chiral open-framework copper borophosphate LiCu2[BP2O8(OH)2]

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7189-7196
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00314D, Paper
Zhanna D. Uteeva, Raul U. Sadykov, Diana O. Bagdanova, Marat R. Agliullin, Vladimir Yu. Guskov
The chiral recognition during adsorption in pores with only supramolecular (not molecular) chirality was shown for the first time on zeotype material copper borophosphate LiCu2[BP2O8(OH)2].
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3D interconnected polymer/mesoporous silica nanoparticle hybrid materials with hierarchical macro/meso-structures for heavy metal adsorption

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7503-7516
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05887E, Paper
Jae-Seo Park, Young Sunwoo, Debabrata Chakraborty, Chamila Gunathilake, Yanhai Du, Eun-Bum Cho
This work offers nanohybrid structures for heavy metal ion adsorption from water, which include a unique 3D cross-linked structure that combines organic polymer chains with mesoporous materials to improve adsorption efficiency.
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Evaluation of adsorption and degradation performance of lanthanum modified mesoporous carbon nitride composite materials for tetracycline wastewater

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00864B, Paper
Zhiqiang Wu, Yueyi Li, Pengxi Jiang, Sisi Ma, Wenfei Dong, Hongjian Zhao, Enke Feng, Xuming Wang
The lanthanum modified mesoporous graphite nitride carbon composites (La-g-C3N4) were synthesized using a thermal shrinkage polymerization method. The samples underwent characterization through the X-ray diffraction (XRD), the fourier transform infrared...
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Highly radiation-resistant Al-MOF selected based on the radiation stability rules of metal–organic frameworks with ultra-high thorium ion adsorption capacity

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN00076E, Paper
Xiaofan Ding, Zhanjun Zhang, Xinyan Li, Ke Ma, Tiantian Jin, Zhaoning Feng, Tian Lan, Jing Zhao, Songtao Xiao
Al-MOF synthesized based on MOF irradiation stability rules exhibits high stability against β-irradiation and ultra-high thorium adsorption capacity, which proves its huge potential application value in the field of radionuclide adsorption.
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Biomass@MOF nanohybrid materials for competitive drug adsorption: analysis by conventional macroscopic models and statistical physical models

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1543-1558
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00843F, Paper
Bryan Fernando Rivadeneira-Mendoza, Luis Santiago Quiroz-Fernández, Fausthon Fred da Silva, Rafael Luque, Alina M. Balu, Joan Manuel Rodríguez-Díaz
This study discloses the design of nanohybrid Biomass@MOF resulting from the functionalization of a hydrochar (HC) through hydrothermal treatment (HT) of corn cob residues and MIL-53(Al).
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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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Utilization of lead-based saturated adsorbents for the fabrication of battery-like hybrid asymmetric supercapacitors

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1654-1670
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00601H, Paper
Sourav Acharya, Shrabani De, Ayon Ganguly, Brijesh K. Mishra, Ganesh Chandra Nayak
In this study S-doped graphitic CN/ZIF-8 composite was fabricated to remove Pb from water which was anchored through heat treatment. This formed a composite of carbon, Zn-NCN, PbO and PbS and was used as supercapacitor anode.
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