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A guide to key figures in Donald Trump's orbit

Donald Trump will return to the White House accompanied by a crew of longtime friends and aides as well as newfound, splashy allies




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Bonds, stocks and gold beat Bitcoin as doubts gather over crypto rebound

Bitcoin lags behind bonds, stocks and gold, signaling a possible slowdown in the crypto market




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β-Cyclodextrin and cucurbit[7]uril as protective encapsulation agents of the CO-releasing molecule [CpMo(CO)3Me]

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01863J, Paper
Rodrigo P. Monteiro, Isabel B. Calhau, Ana C. Gomes, André D. Lopes, José P. Da Silva, Isabel S. Gonçalves, Martyn Pillinger
For inclusion compounds between the complex [CpMo(CO)3Me] (1) and β-cyclodextrin or cucurbit[7]uril, the macrocyclic hosts modulate to different degrees the UV light-mediated CO release from encapsulated 1.
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Highly selective organo-gallium hydroxamate mediated inhibition of antibiotic resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02440K, Paper
Rebekah N. Duffin, Jenisi Kelderman, Megan Herdman, Philip Craig Andrews
Five complexes of gallium derived from hydroxamic acids have been synthesised, characterised, and their anti-bacterial activity and mammalian cell toxicity established. These are three metal-organic complexes; [Ga(BPHA]3 1, [Ga(BHA-H]3 2,...
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Flyer bitten by stray dog at Thiruvananthapuram airport; authorities seek help from civic authorities to rein in menace

After being bitten outside the international terminal, the passenger had to cancel his trip to Sharjah




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Why do they trade in Bitcoins?

Virtual currencies such as bitcoins are seeing growing interest. Is it safe to trade with them? Here’s what investors and traders say




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Has your bitcoin lost its value?

Despite the central bank’s warning, the fad for cryptocurrencies has not died down. We talked to people to find out why they stayed invested




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For Shaw, MJ is a bit better than Kobe




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Crypto lender Celsius defends Bitcoin mining plans as bankruptcy kicks off

Celsius hopes that Bitcoin mining will help it repair its damaged relationship with customers, whose funds were frozen




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Ex-DRDO Chairman Satheesh Reddy joins BITS Pilani

“With a distinguished career in defense technology, Reddy has played a pivotal role in advancing India’s defense capabilities through numerous high-impact projects and innovations during his tenure at DRDO”




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Theoretical calculations-driven rational screening of d-block single-atom electrocatalysts based on d-p orbital hybridization for durable aqueous zinc-iodine batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04119D, Paper
Jin Yang, Yuanhong Kang, Fanxiang Meng, weiwei meng, guanhong Chen, Minghao Zhang, Zeheng Lv, Zhipeng Wen, Chengchao Li, Jinbao Zhao, Yang Yang
Aqueous Zn−iodine (Zn-I2) batteries, featuring intrinsically high-safety aqueous electrolytes and eco-friendly cathode/anode materials, however are restricted by the shuttling of polyiodide and sluggish redox kinetics of iodine redox. Although various...
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Self-healing polymer dielectric exhibiting ultrahigh capacitive energy storage performance at 250 °C

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17,8866-8873
DOI: 10.1039/D4EE03705G, Paper
Open Access
Wenhan Xu, Fei Yang, Guodong Zhao, Shixian Zhang, Guanchun Rui, Muchen Zhao, Lingling Liu, Long-Qing Chen, Qing Wang
The Anderson localization effect has been exploited in the design of high-temperature dielectric polymers, resulting in reduced conduction loss and outstanding capacitive energy storage performance over a wide temperature range up to 250 °C.
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A bite of Ethiopia

Coffee and a predominantly plant-based cuisine of the African country make for a healthy choice




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It was never my ambition to win the World championship... its importance dawned on me years later: Antoaneta Stefanova

In this freewheeling conversation, Stefanova talks about becoming Bulgaria’s first chess World champion, why she continues to play competitively, the role of family support in the success of Indian chess and what compelled her to enter politics 




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The bite of the scorpion

Shantini Rajkumar has some hot news about a new discovery she made




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Human breast milk-derived phospholipid DOPE ameliorates intestinal injury associated with NEC by inhibiting ferroptosis

Food Funct., 2024, 15,10811-10822
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03904A, Paper
Yanjie Chen, Wenjuan Chen, Yu Dai, Xiangyun Yan, Chengyao Jiang, Fan Zhang, Min Zhang, Xiaoshan Hu, Juyi Zhao, Tingyue Wu, Shushu Li, Shuping Han, Xiaohui Chen
Human breast milk-derived dioleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) mitigates intestinal dysfunction in Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) through the suppression of ferroptosis.
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Relationships of dietary habits with prostate cancer risk: results from Mendelian randomization analyses and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Food Funct., 2024, 15,10823-10837
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03859B, Paper
Zhen Zhou, Jin Xu, Yang Zhao, Yuanjie Niu
Prior investigations identified correlations between dietary habits and the risk of prostate cancer (PCa); however, the causative dynamics are unclear.
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Inhibitory effect of tea flower polysaccharides on oxidative stress and microglial oxidative damage in aging mice by regulating gut microbiota

Food Funct., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03484H, Paper
Yidan Cai, Siyu Liu, Xing Ge, Lu Cheng, Xin Zhang
Tea flower polysaccharides (TFPS) can improve the disorder of gut microbiota, alleviate oxidative damage to glial cells, alleviate neuroinflammation, and play a role in delaying aging.
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Aspartate restrains thermogenesis by inhibiting the AMPK pathway in adipose tissues

Food Funct., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03614J, Paper
Shengjun Dong, Mengxin Jiang, Qinglei Sun, Junqing Xu, Lei Zhang, Lei Han, Yan-na Li, Zhengtong Zhou, Yingjiang Xu
We evaluated the potential effects of aspartate on brown adipose tissue function.
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Goat milk derived small extracellular vesicles ameliorate LPS-induced intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction, oxidative stress, and apoptosis by inhibiting the MAPK signaling pathway

Food Funct., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO04067H, Paper
Feng Gao, Xin Zhang, Zhiming Xu, Kang Zhang, Fusheng Quan
Intestinal injury is often accompanied by epithelial barrier dysfunction, oxidative stress, and apoptosis.
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Solid-state fermentation of green lentils by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum leads to formation of distinct peptides that are absorbable and enhances DPP-IV inhibitory activity in an intestinal Caco-2 cell model

Food Funct., 2024, 15,11220-11235
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO03326D, Paper
Elisa Di Stefano, Nico Hüttmann, Pieter Dekker, Monic M. M. Tomassen, Teresa Oliviero, Vincenzo Fogliano, Chibuike C. Udenigwe
In vitro gastrointestinal digestion, brush border enzyme activity, and microbial fermentation with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum influenced the peptidome of green lentils and peptide transport across the intestinal Caco-2 cell monolayer.
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Corn cob and corn silk-based ingredients exhibit bioaccessible and antioxidant phenolic compounds displaying anti-inflammatory effects in vitro

Food Funct., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4FO02968B, Paper
Yessica Rubí Hernández-García, Ivan Luzardo-Ocampo, Gaytán-Martínez Marcela, G. Loarca-Pina, Estela Vázquez Barrios, Rocio Campos-Vega
The poor disposal and lack of corncob (CC) and cornsilk (CS) utilization generate environmental problems. This research aimed to develop CC and CS-based ingredients (1:1, 1:2, and 2:1 mixtures), evaluate...
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Editorial. BRICS’ financial ambitions cannot be wished away

BRICS countries have expressed the need for developing a platform where central bank digital currencies can be linked. This will reduce intermediation costs




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Effects of SEBI outsourcing arbitration

The arbitrators who were previously assigned arbitration work are now being assigned conciliation work as well, albeit with a lower fee




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Booker Prize 2024: British writer Samantha Harvey wins for space-station novel 'Orbital'

She called the book a “space pastoral” about six astronauts circling the Earth, which she began writing during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns




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Morning Digest: British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel ‘Orbital’ wins Booker Prize for fiction; Big names face test as Jharkhand votes in Phase I, and more

Here is a select list of stories to start the day




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Mammootty Gets Off A Bus; Goes Down A Rabbit Hole

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair.




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Major Boeing-made communications satellite disintegrates in orbit

While Intelsat 33e had a history of issues while in orbit, its unexpected disintegration has heightened concerns about space junk




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Little bites

Have you had a cupcake today? Shitija Nahata reveals the secret behind the success of ‘The Cupcake Company'.




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Rabbit farming best bet for housewives, unemployed youth

NABARD offers training on scientific lines to those interested




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Get a bite with Bitcoin: Bangalore restaurant now accepts payment in Bitcoins

Suryawanshi in Bengaluru is the second restaurant in the country to have started accepting bitcoins.




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Correction: Ce6-Conjugated and polydopamine-coated gold nanostars with enhanced photoacoustic imaging and photothermal/photodynamic therapy to inhibit lung metastasis of breast cancer

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20354-20355
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR90194K, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Ziwei Li, Fan Yang, Di Wu, Yanhong Liu, Yang Gao, Haichen Lian, Hongxin Zhang, Zhibin Yin, Aiguo Wu, Leyong Zeng
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Fibromodulin facilitates the osteogenic effect of Masquelet's induced membrane by inhibiting the TGF-β/SMAD signaling pathway

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,1898-1913
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01665J, Paper
Kai Wang, Ming Zhou, Yuanshu Zhang, Yesheng Jin, Yuan Xue, Dong Mao, Yongjun Rui
Schematic illustration of the mechanism by which an IM promotes bone formation. FMOD secreted by the IM promotes osteogenesis of BMSCs and angiogenesis of HUVECs by inhibiting the TGF-β/SMAD signaling pathway, thus facilitating bone formation.
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Correction: Hybrid protein microspheres and their responsive release behaviors and inhibitory effects on melanin synthesis

Biomater. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4BM90029D, Correction
Open Access
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Ee Taek Hwang, Yeahwa Yoon, Ka Ram Kim, Chan Hee Lee, Kyung Chan Jeon, Ji Ho Min, Jae Won Lee, Jangyong Kim
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Correction: Clodronate-nintedanib-loaded exosome–liposome hybridization enhances the liver fibrosis therapy by inhibiting Kupffer cell activity

Biomater. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4BM90028F, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Keqin Ji, Mingrui Fan, Dong Huang, Lingna Sun, Bingqin Li, Ruoting Xu, Jiajing Zhang, Xuan Shao, Yanzuo Chen
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Correction: A Y1 receptor ligand synergized with a P-glycoprotein inhibitor improves the therapeutic efficacy of multidrug resistant breast cancer

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,2165-2166
DOI: 10.1039/D4BM90022G, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Yinjie Wang, Zhenqi Jiang, Bo Yuan, Yuchen Tian, Lingchao Xiang, Yanying Li, Yong Yang, Juan Li, Aiguo Wu
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Sails strong, but wavers a bit! Samsung Galaxy A55 review

Premium build, familiar UI enough to win you over?




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Moto Edge 50 review: A mid-ranger, with high-end ambitions

The Moto Edge 50 is one of those appealing options aimed at the mid-range market, and here’s how it fares.




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RSS-linked MSME group Laghu Udyog Bharati to co-host global exhibition on stone industry in Jaipur

This is the first time the RSS wing will co-host the biennial event, organised by an autonomous State government body; MoU will help develop Rajasthan’s stone industry at global level, says Industries Minister




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India’s ambitious internship scheme falls short

The exclusion of postgraduate degree holders from the ambit of the Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme is short-sighted




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A Jacobite miscellany : eight original papers on the rising of 1745-1746 / edited, with an introduction and notes, by Henrietta Tayler, F.R.Hist.Soc.

Oxford : Printed for the Roxburgh Club by Charles Batey at the University Press, MCMXLVIII [1948]




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A bit of fluff / by Kimberly Kemp an original novel.

New York : Tower Publications, Inc., 1963.




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Watch | Inside ‘The Awakening of the Myth: Gala Dalí‘ exhibition

A new exhibition in Púbol near Barcelona shines a light on Gala Dalí — the wife, muse and mentor of surrealist painter Salvador Dalí




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The timeless legacy of heirloom saris revisited at this Delhi exhibition

A walk through Heirloom Sarees: The Glory of India’s Woven Heritage at Delhi’s India International Centre




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A travelling photography exhibition highlights weaving traditions of India

Costume and fashion design students in the city take a tour of unique weaving traditions and stories of craftsmen, artisans and weavers at a travelling photography exhibition 



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Hyderabad | An exhibition showcases batik craft of Kutch with a touch of modernity

NGO Khamir revives the age-old craft by helping it adapt to changing times



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Lockdown guidelines: Inter-state, inter-district movement of people prohibited till May 3

According to the Home Ministry's guidelines on the lockdown educational institutions, coaching centres, air travel and train services will continue to remain suspended




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Photo exhibition on Indian epigraphs held at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University




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Bitcoin leaps to record high as traders lean towards Trump victory

Bitcoin surged to a record high in Asian trade as investors leaned towards Donald Trump becoming president once more




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Bitcoin surges to record high on Trump bets

The cryptocurrency industry spent more than $119 million backing pro-crypto U.S. congressional candidates in the hope of getting crypto-friendly legislation passed to promote digital assets