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X Updates Guidelines to Officially Allows Adult Content on the Platform

Social media giant X, formerly Twitter, recently updated its guidelines and it is stirring up quite the controversy. The updated guidelines allow for adult-related content on the platform. Since tweaking its rules, X has Since the update X has witnessed a




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Apple Users In India Advised To Update Devices Due To Critical Security Vulnerabilities

Apple users in India are being urged to take immediate action after a cybersecurity alert from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) warned of critical vulnerabilities across several Apple operating systems. These flaws, spanning iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS,




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Rupali Ganguly Posts Cryptic Messages Amid Defamation Row With Stepdaughter

Rupali Ganguly shared a cryptic post after filing a defamation notice against her stepdaughter, Esha Verma, seeking Rs 50 crore in damages for false claims about their relationship.




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UPSC 2025 Examination Schedule - Key Updates and Important Dates

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the revised Program of Examinations/Recruitment Tests (RTs) for 2025, which includes a variety of competitive exams.   These exams are vital opportunities for candidates aiming for prestigious positions in the Indian Government.




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Gujarat Weather Update: થીજાવી દેતી ઠંડી પડશે ગુજરાતમાં, આગામી 7 દિવસ કેવું રહેશે વેધર, જાણો

આ વર્ષે ગુજરાતમાં ચોમાસાએ માઝા મૂકી હતી અને ધોધમાર વરસાદથી ગુજરાતના અનેક વિસ્તારોમાં પૂર જેવી સ્થિતિ સર્જાઈ હતી. હવે ચોમાસું તો પૂર્ણ થઇ ગયું છે પરંતુ શિયાળો વિલંબથી શરૂ થયો છે. જો કે હવામાન આગાહી મુજબ ચોમાસાની જેમ જ આ વખતે




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મેઘાલયમાં NPP સરકારનો રસ્તો સરળ, UPD અને PDF એ આપ્યુ સમર્થન

મેઘાલય વિધાનસભા ચૂંટણીમાં કોઇ પણ પાર્ટીને બહુમત નથી મળ્યો. રાજ્યમાં ત્રિશંકુ વિધાનસભાની સ્થિતિના લીધે એનપીપીની સાથે યૂડીપી અને પીડીએફના ગઠબંધન વાળી સરકાર અંહી બનાવાનુ નક્કી છે રવિવારે ભારે ચર્ચા વિચારણા બાદ એનપીપીએ તેની જાહેરાત કરી હતી રાજ્યમાં સૌથી મોટી પાર્ટી એનપીપી




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Weather Update: હોળી પહેલા બદલાયુ હવામાન, ક્યાંક ગરમી તો ક્યાંક વરસાદ, IMDએ આપ્યુ એલર્ટ

Weather Update: હવામાનમાં છેલ્લા ઘણા દિવસોથી સતત ફેરફાર ચાલુ છે. અમુક જગ્યાએ પારો વધી રહ્યો છે. જો કે, વેસ્ટર્ન ડિસ્ટર્બન્સના કારણે ઘણી રાહત મળી છે. વળી, હવામાન વિભાગે આજે અને કાલે ગુજરાત, દક્ષિણ મધ્ય પ્રદેશ, ઉત્તર મહારાષ્ટ્રમાં હળવા વરસાદની




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ಜಾರ್ಖಂಡ್ ಅಸೆಂಬ್ಲಿ ಚುನಾವಣೆ, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಉಪ ಚುನಾವಣೆ LIVE News Updates in Kannada: ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ 7 ರಿಂದ ಮತದಾನ

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ರಾಜಕೀಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಈಗ ಹಲವು ವಾರ್ ಶುರುವಾಗಿವೆ. ಉಪಚುನಾವಣೆ ಗೆಲುವು ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯ ಎಂಬ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯು ಬಿಜೆಪಿ, ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ & ಜೆಡಿಎಸ್ ನಾಯಕರಿಗೆ ಎದುರಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದೇ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕೆ ದೊಡ್ಡ ತಿಕ್ಕಾಟವೂ ಶುರುವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಂದು ಚನ್ನಪಟ್ಟಣ, ಸಂಡೂರು & ಶಿಗ್ಗಾಂವಿ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳಿಗೆ ಉಪಚುನಾವಣೆ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಇದರ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ದೂರದ ಜಾರ್ಖಂಡ್ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ವಿಧಾನಭೆಗೆ ಕೂಡ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ಆರಂಭವಾಗಿದೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ




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Kia Seltos Second Generation Update: Design Changes & Hybrid Technology

The Kia Seltos, launched in August 2019, has become a key player in the mid-size SUV market. Its modern design and extensive features have made it a standout model. This vehicle accounts for over 48% of Kia's sales in India, highlighting




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'He will play his last game in...': CSK CEO provides massive update on MS Dhoni's IPL future

Dhoni is all set to play his 18th season of the marquee tournament after being retained by his franchise under the 'uncapped player category.'




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Delhi-NCR weather update: IMD predicts light rain for next four days, minimum temperature to be...

Following intermittent rains, Delhi-NCR has been witnessing heat and humidity for the past few days.




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Delhi-NCR weather report: National capital to witness clear skies on first day of Navratri, know IMD updates for next...

As the monsoon marked its exit from the national capital and the adjoining NCR, the city has been witnessing hot weather as well as clear skies.




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Weather update: Delhi-NCR wakes up to rainy morning, IMD warns of extremely heavy rains in...

The national capital and the adjoining NCR woke up to a rainy morning today. This comes after the city has been witnessing hot and humid weather for the past few days.




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Delhi-NCR update: Jewar Airport to run 25 domestic, three international flights on first day of operations

Noida International Airport, named Jewar Airport, is set to start commercial flight operations on April 17, 2025.




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Delhi AQI update: Air quality worsens to 'very poor' level at 349, becomes 'severe' in these areas

In some areas of the national capital, the air quality dropped to the severe category, with an AQI in the range of 400.




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Delhi-NCR update: No relief from pollution as AQI continues to remain 'very poor'

The residents of Delhi and the adjoining NCR region are seeing no relief from pollution as the Air Quality Index (AQI) continued to remain under the 'very poor' category.




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A novel cerium-based metal-organic framework supported Pd catalyst for semi-hydrogenation of phenylacetylene

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02225D, Research Article
Open Access
Xiangdi Zeng, Zi Wang, Meng He, Wanpeng Lu, Wenyuan Huang, Bing An, Jiangnan Li, Li Mufan, Ben Spencer, Sarah Day, Floriana Tuna, Eric J L McInnes, Martin Schroder, Sihai Yang
Phenylacetylene is a detrimental impurity in the polymerisation of styrene, capable of poisoning catalysts even at ppm levels and significantly degrading the quality of polystyrene. The semi-hydrogenation of phenylacetylene to...
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Enhancing CO2 electroreduction with decamethylcucurbit[5]uril-alkaline earth metal modified Pd nanoparticles

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02135E, Research Article
Tao Shao, Xianmeng Song, Zongnan Wei, Shuaibing Yang, Siying Zhang, Rong Cao, Minna Cao
Pd NP modification with Me10CB[5]–M capsules boosted CO2RR by enhancing CO2 adsorption, tuning Pd's electronic structure, and optimizing *COOH/*CO binding.
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Enhanced acetone gas-sensing characteristics of Pd–NiO nanorods/SnO2 nanowires sensors

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12438-12448
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01265H, Paper
Open Access
Nguyen Phu Hung, Nguyen Van Duy, Chu Thi Xuan, Dang Thi Thanh Le, Chu Manh Hung, Han Jin, Nguyen Duc Hoa
The ternary component consisting of SnO2 nanowires/Pd–NiO nanorods is employed to enhance the acetone gas sensor performance utilizing the synergistic effects of the p–n heterojunction between the p-type NiO and the n-type SnO2, as well as the catalytic spillover effect of Pd nanoparticles.
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Retraction: Synthesis and characterization of a supported Pd complex on volcanic pumice laminates textured by cellulose for facilitating Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12463-12463
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA90042A, Retraction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Siavash Salek Soltani, Reza Taheri-Ledari, S. Morteza F. Farnia, Ali Maleki, Alireza Foroumadi
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Significantly enhanced catalytic performance of Pd nanocatalyst on AlOOH featuring abundant solid surface frustrated Lewis pair for improved hydrogen activation

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12593-12599
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01852D, Paper
Open Access
Junwei Li, Hongshuai Yin, Sisi Liu, Chaofa Xu, Zhixiong Cai
The superior catalytic performance of Pd nanocatalysts in AlOOH-80 is attributed to solid surface frustrated Lewis pairs (ssFLP), which enhance hydrogen gas dissociation, improve Pd nanocatalyst hydrogenation, and result in high catalytic activity of Pd/AlOOH-80.
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High performance electrochemical CO2 reduction over Pd decorated cobalt containing nitrogen doped carbon

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13017-13026
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA01641F, Paper
Open Access
Shayan Gul, Fatima Nasim, Waheed Iqbal, Amir Waseem, Muhammad Arif Nadeem
Efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2RR) to various products, such as carbon monoxide (CO), is crucial for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and enabling renewable energy storage.
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Announcing updates to p5.js

A fresh upgrade to p5.js We’re excited to announce our work with p5.js to set the tech stack and rebuild their incredible website, supported by The Processing Foundation. The Processing Foundation is a rad organization that has helped folks in the visual arts improve their software literacy for over a decade. p5.js is an open-source […]




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Dibenzobarrelene-Derived Pd-NHCs: Efficient Precatalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura Polycondensations of Dichloroarenes Monomers

Polym. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01026D, Paper
Yuman Guo, Hao Wu, Meng-Jiao Zhang, Feng-Shou Liu
The Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura polycondensations (SMPs) has emerged as a powerful method for synthesizing conjugated polymers (CPs). While numerous reports have utilized dibromoarene and diiodoarene derivatives as monomers, research on the...
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Towards the rational design of N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-1,4-benzenediamine (6PPD) electrochemical sensor

Analyst, 2024, 149,5165-5173
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00973H, Paper
Emily Dominique, Christophe Renault
The strong adsorption of 6PPD onto glassy carbon and its reversible two electron oxidation enables simple and sensitive electrochemical detection with an LOD of 10 nM.
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The efficient triplet states formation of Se-modified PDI dimers and tetramers in solvents

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26,27325-27331
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP00954A, Paper
Feijun Huang, Wenli Su, Yubo Yang, Hang Wang, Zhishan Bo, Pengfei Jing, Wenkai Zhang
The Se-modified PDI oligomers experience triplet states formation in the solvents, but there are differences in the efficiency of triplet state generation due to variations in molecular structure.
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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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Insight into the potential of M–NbS2 (M = Pd, Ti and V) monolayers as anode materials for alkali ion (Li/Na/K) batteries

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03744H, Paper
Meixia Xiao, Shuling Xu, Haiyang Song, Zhifei Sun, Jiaying Bi, Beibei Xiao
First-principles calculations were conducted to explore the effects of Pd, Ti and V doping on the performance of NbS2 monolayers as electrode materials for alkali ion batteries.
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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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Shipping FAQ Update!

We've totally changed the way we ship stuff, so today we've replaced our long-standing Shipping FAQ File. Stuff's flowing out quickly now, and there are no pre- or back-orders: If it's for sale, it's in stock!




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Storm Update

We're back in full operation, but it hasn't been an easy week. The boss brings us up to date on the aftermath of the 2011 Birmingham tornado.




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Reconsider decision to distribute fortified rice through PDS in Wayanad: Shreyams Kumar

Health issues, social impact not considered, says LJD State president




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Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a 99mTc-labeled small-molecule tracer for PD-L1 imaging

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7300-7307
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05843C, Paper
Chunxiong Lu, Dandan Zhu, Peng Zhou, Kangxia Yu, Yaling Liu, Hongyong Wang, Hao Wu, Jun Wu, Guoqing Han, Pei Zou
Illustration of [99mTc]Tc-SG2C-CBM for imaging PD-L1.
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Updates to the Google Photos APIs: Picker API launch and Library API changes

The new Picker API enables secure photo selection, while the Library API will focus on managing photos and videos uploaded by your application.




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Updated production-ready Gemini models, reduced 1.5 Pro pricing, increased rate limits, and more

Learn about the latest updates to Google's Gemini models, including reduced pricing for Gemini 1.5 Pro, increased rate limits, faster performance, enhanced quality, and more.




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Meta’s Threads unveils ‘Following’ feature and more updates

This move comes shortly after Threads gained over 100 million sign-ups in just five days




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WhatsApp’s latest update: Undo feature empowers users with message deletion flexibility

This new functionality complements the existing “Delete for Everyone” option, allowing users to undo message deletions within a brief window of five seconds




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Man sentenced to death for raping and murdering minor stepdaughter





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Electrochemical and photochemical reaction of isatins: a decade update

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00202D, Review Article
Nandini M. Gotgi, J. Saurab Jain, Rita Pal, Debashis Ghosh
This review presents all the recent reports on electro- and photochemical reactions of isatins over the last decade.
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The synthesis of alk-2-ynl Weinreb amides via Pd/Cu-catalysed oxidative carbonylation of terminal alkynes

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00290C, Paper
Bharati Mourya, Sandip T. Gadge, Bhalchandra M. Bhanage
Synthesis of alk-2-ynl-Weinreb amides via Pd-catalyzed oxidative carbonylation of terminal alkynes and N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine hydrochloride at room temperature under low CO/O2 pressure is reported for the first time.
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DevTools Digest - Chrome 35: Updates to the Developer Tools in Chrome 35

Updates to the Chrome Developer Tools: CSS property quick search, memory stats for heap snapshots, CodeMirror upgrade and more.




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Updates to the service worker cache API




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OnePlus 13 launched with Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC: Price details, battery and other specifications

While the OnePlus 13 has only been revealed in China so far, speculations are that it will arrive on the global market in the coming months. In India, the phone is expected to be launched in January 2025.




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Ask LukeW: PDF Parsing with Vision Models

Over the years, I've given more than 300 presentations on design. Most of these have been accompanied by a slide deck to illustrate my points and guide the narrative. But making the content in these decks work well with the Ask Luke conversational interface on this site has been challenging. So now I'm trying a new approach with AI vision models.

To avoid application specific formats (Keynote, PowerPoint), I've long been making my presentation slides available for download as PDF documents. These files usually consist of 100+ pages and often don't include a lot of text, leaning instead on visuals and charts to communicate information. To illustrate, here's of few of these slides from my Mind the Gap talk.

In an earlier article on how we built the Ask Luke conversational interface, I outlined the issues with extracting useful information from these documents. I wanted the content in these PDFs to be available when answering people's design questions in addition to the blog articles, videos and audio interviews that we were already using.

But even when we got text extraction from PDFs working well, running the process on any given PDF document would create many content embeddings of poor quality (like the one below). These content chunks would then end up influencing the answers we generated in less than helpful ways.

To prevent these from clogging up our limited context (how much content we can work with to create an answer) with useless results, we set up processes to remove low quality content chunks. While that improved things, the content in these presentations was no longer accessible to people asking questions on Ask Luke.

So we tried a different approach. Instead of extracting text from each page of a PDF presentation, we ran it through an AI vision model to create a detailed description of the content on the page. In the example below, the previous text extraction method (on the left) gets the content from the slide. The new vision model approach (on the right) though, does a much better job creating useful content for answering questions.

Here's another example illustrating the difference between the PDF text extraction method used before and the vision AI model currently in use. This time instead of a chart, we're generating a useful description of a diagram.

This change is now rolled out across all the PDFs the Ask Luke conversational interface can reference to answer design questions. Gone are useless content chunks and there's a lot more useful content immediately available.

Thanks to Yangguang Li for the dev help on this change.




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Acer updates its gaming portfolio with new notebooks, monitors and desktops

It has launched new Predator Triton and Helios Series gaming notebooks




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Cooking with Snapdragon | WIRED Brand Lab

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Qualcomm Snapdragon | Advancements to the AI engine that powers our smartphones creates an unrivaled experience for its users. In this video, young and tech-savvy Jayla demonstrates to her abuela how AI-enabled technology recognizes items and alerts in the kitchen, translates recipes with ease, and senses when the meal is ready to enjoy!




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Atomic spectrometry update: review of advances in the analysis of metals, chemicals and materials

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2617-2693
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA90052A, Atomic Spectrometry Update
Eduardo Bolea-Fernandez, Robert Clough, Andy Fisher, Bridget Gibson, Ben Russell
This review covers advances in the analysis of advanced materials, metals, fuels and lubricants, nanostructures, ceramics, refractories, chemicals, catalysts and nuclear materials by a range of techniques including ICP-MS, non-destructive surface ablation and X-ray.
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Electrochemical synthesis of wormcast-like Pd-based polycrystalline high entropy aggregates for methanol water co-electrocatalysis

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,30757-30767
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA06304J, Paper
Yaxing Liu, Wenhao Ding, Jiaxin Liu, Guizhe Zhao, Weiyin Li, Yaqing Liu
A wormcast-like nanostructure of PdFeCoNiCu-pHENs with enriched grain boundary defects was synthesized via electrodeposition. This work opens new possibilities for designing advanced nanomaterials aimed at efficient electrochemical energy conversion.
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NFL news, injury updates: Cowboys' Dak Prescott to have surgery, Bears fire OC Shane Waldron

Are the Bears on the verge of reshaping their offensive braintrust around Caleb Williams?