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A unique approach to nurturing Indian motorsport engineers — the L.I.M.E. way

United Motorsports Academy — founded by former Red Bull engineer Sangodkar, and Rane — provides a two-week course to qualify for an internship in the IRL and F4 series as part of a scholarship called Launchpad for Indian Motorsports Engineers; students learn about the basics and intricacies of the sport which gives them an opening into the world of fast-paced action




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Andrea Kimi Antonelli: the wunderkind who sparked Mercedes’ leap of faith

The German team’s decision to replace the Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton with an 18-year-old rookie next season has generated considerable excitement in Formula One. Although the Italian has dominated the junior categories, the step up will be unlike anything he has experienced




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Singapore GP: Norris puts McLaren on top in, Russell crashes

Verstappen, 59 points ahead of closest rival Norris with seven rounds remaining, was 1.294 seconds off the pace with team mate Sergio Perez eighth at the winding Marina Bay street circuit




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Lando Norris cruises to victory at Singapore Grand Prix to cut Max Verstappen's F1 lead

Verstappen came in second for Red Bull after a race that was largely uneventful after he held off Lewis Hamilton into the first corner at the start




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Verstappen made to complete a day of community service for swearing

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Can Lando Norris whiz past Max Verstappen in an ever-tightening F1 title race?

The drivers’ championship appeared a foregone conclusion at one stage this season, but Norris and McLaren have changed the complexion of the title picture. While Verstappen still enjoys a 52-point lead, Norris is the in-form driver — the final run of races could well be the making of him




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Everything you need to know about India’s first high-voltage e-motorcycle Raptee.HV T30

This Chennai-based startup has introduced the country’s first high-voltage electric two-wheeler, a machine that merges electric car technology with motorcycle performance




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Verstappen's Brazil victory silences critics, impresses rivals as he closes in on 4th F1 title

Max Verstappen delivered one of the best performances of his career to move up from 17th at the start and clinch victory




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From being hapless victim of a TV sting to Olympic medallist: Lalit Upadhyay's journey to stardom

Indian men's hockey team striker Lalit Upadhyay has worked hard to rebuild his career and considers all the setbacks as blessings in disguise.




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Motivated India eye German scalp to script another historic chapter in Olympic men's hockey

India won last of their eight Olympic gold medals way back in the 1980 Moscow Games. Paris provides them a great opportunity to make history.




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India thrash Japan 5-1 for their second consecutive win in Asian Champions Trophy

Sukhjeet scored in the second and 60th minutes while Abhishek (3rd), Sanjay (17th) and Uttam Singh (54th) were the other Indian goal getters




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With a new coach and captain, Japan hockey hopes to get back to winning ways




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Salima Tete named India captain for women’s Asian Champions Trophy

Navneet Kaur will serve as Tete's deputy. India enter the competition with high expectations, having clinched the title at last year's edition in Ranchi.




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Students block road, demand classrooms in Dharmapuri




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SSLC exam: board invites applications




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A paper presentation

M. Karthikeyan and K. Karunakaran, class IX students of Devarayapuram Government High School in Thondamuthur, create 3D art using old newspapers




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Long gap a setback for students




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Appeal to hand over historic school

Prince of Arcot offers to renovate Madrasa-e-azam school.




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Laptops issued to school students




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Tapping woman power

Even as more and more women graduate, why do very few seek jobs or get hired?




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Will an aptitude certificate help?

Is it time to say good bye to character certificates and replace them with a system that helps students find their calling?




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Apps to help you prepare for exams




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CBSE asks schools to urge students to download PM’s mobile app




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Data reveal: 819 schools in A.P. have no toilets, 16,159 have no tap water

As many as 30 governemnt schools have not drinking water facility; all schools in Aspirational District Y.S.R. Kadapa have drinking water supply, says data.




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Creep, leap, crunch! : a food chain story / words by Jody Jensen Shaffer ; art by Christopher Silas Neal

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A perfect paper plane / Catherine Stier ; illustrated by Francesca Rosa

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Trees to paper / Robin Johnson

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The essential leadership model (ELM) : a holistic approach to leadership in a related world / Don McIntyre , Murray Dion




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Dogtown / Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko ; with illustrations by Wallace West

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Green papayas / Nhung N. Tran-Davies ; illustrated by Gillian Newland

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Mythical monsters of Greenland : a survival guide / by Maria Bach Kreutzmann ; illustrated by Maria Bach Kreutzmann and Coco Apunnguaq Lynge

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

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

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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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IoT on tap: Defeating drought through data analysis

Bengaluru start-up digitises water infrastructure of industries, smart cities to halt wastage




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Venture capital: On the trail of buying power

Why VC firm Elevation Capital chooses to stay invested in consumer brands




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The synthesis of specifically isotope labelled fluorotryptophan and its use in mammalian cell-based protein expression for 19F-NMR applications

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04789C, Communication
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Giorgia Toscano, Martina Rosati, Letizia Barbieri, Katharina Maier, Lucia Banci, Enrico Luchinat, Robert Konrat, Roman J. Lichtenecker
Combining multistep organic synthesis with mammalian cell based protein overexpression leads to isolated 13C–19F spin systems in tryptophan side chains, which represent ideal sensors to probe protein interaction and dynamics using NMR spectroscopy.
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Mild boroxazolidone formation and dissociation: Application toward target identification of bioactive molecules

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05370B, Communication
Toya Tabei, Kyoko Nagasawa-Goto, Yohei Saito
We successfully found that boroxazolidone can dissociate under aqueous conditions, which were applicable to a solution containing proteins. The immobilization of a newly synthesized diarylborinic acid on beads enabled the...
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Separation of Rare Earth Elements and Nickel Harnessing Electrochemistry and Reactive CO2 Capture and Mineralization

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04632C, Communication
Open Access
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Akanksha Srivastava, Prarabdh Jain, Greeshma Gadikota, Prince Ochonma, Christopher Noe, Tianhe Yin
The aim is to probe the chemical mechanisms underlying the use of multifunctional solvents to simultaneously capture and convert CO2 into insoluble Rare Earth Element (REE)-carbonates, while forming soluble complexes...
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Helical aromatic foldamers with tubular cavities capable of accommodating multiple halide ions

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05474A, Communication
Seungwon Lee, Byeung Ju Lee, Geunmoo Song, Kyu-Sung Jeong
A series of pyridinium–indolocarbazole oligomers has been synthesized, which fold into helical structures with tubular cavities capable of accommodating up to four iodide ions in a linear arrangement.
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Polymeric antibubbles with strong ultrasound imaging capabilities

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13340-13343
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03572K, Communication
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Roman A. Barmin, Jens Köhler, Michael Pohl, Bea Becker, Fabian Kiessling, Twan Lammers, Albert T. Poortinga, Roger M. Pallares
Antibubbles are liquid droplets encapsulated by a gas film and are proposed for ultrasound-triggered drug release. Here, we develop polymeric microbubbles with greater ultrasound imaging response than conventional Pickering-stabilized antibubbles.
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Catalytic applications of organic–inorganic hybrid porous materials

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13325-13335
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04284K, Feature Article
Maodi Wang, Huicong Dai, Qihua Yang
Insights into the synergistic effects of different active sites of organic–inorganic hybrid porous materials for thermal- and photo-catalysis were discussed.
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Nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dot-intensified tungsten oxide nanosheets as a SERS substrate for antibiotics detection

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13360-13363
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05052E, Communication
Lu Tan, Xuanzhao Lu, Shuzhen Yue, Yue Cao, Yang Zhou, Baokang Jin, Jun-Jie Zhu
Tungsten oxide nanosheets loaded with nitrogen-doped graphene oxide quantum dots (NGQDs/WO3 NSs) were fabricated as SERS substrates.
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Efficient electrocoupling of CO2 and N2 to urea by a gas-penetrable Bi nanosheet-wrapped Cu hollow fiber

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13420-13423
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04595E, Communication
Jinning Wang, Yuyu Wang, Fang Wang, Jinfu Ma, Zhengguo Zhang, Shixiong Min
A gas-penetrable electrode of Bi nanosheet-wrapped Cu hollow fiber (Bi NSAs@Cu HF) exhibits high activity and stability for urea production from the electrocoupling of CO2 and N2.
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Rapid identification of P–C bonds in phosphorus–carbon anode materials

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03317E, Communication
Yadong Ye, Qiang Xiao, Huanyu Xie, Hongchang Jin, Hengxing Ji
This work presents a simple, rapid, and convenient spectroscopic analysis method for characterizing the bonding state in phosphorus-carbon composites.
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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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Laccase-catalyzed tyrosine click reaction with 1-methyl-4-arylurazole: rapid labeling on protein surfaces

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03802A, Communication
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Keita Nakane, Chizu Fujimura, Shogo Miyano, Zhengyi Liu, Tatsuya Niwa, Hafumi Nishi, Tetsuya Kadonosono, Hideki Taguchi, Shusuke Tomoshige, Minoru Ishikawa, Shinichi Sato
Our study shows efficient tyrosine labeling using 1-methyl-4-arylurazole (MAUra) with laccase under mild conditions. This method achieves a high efficiency (kcat/Km = 7.88 × 104 M−1 s−1), selectively targeting exposed tyrosine sites on proteins.
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Coimbatore’s Kaapi 2.0 offers healthy snacks with strong filter coffee

Kaapi 2.0, a new chain of minimalist cafes in the city, offers healthy snack options to munch on along with filter coffee



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Currently trending in Hyderabad’s food scene: Apricot delight

Hyderabadis’ love affair with apricot continues to delight with many modern variations



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Root, Fruit and Stem: Matt Orlando’s responsible approach to cooking

Chef Matt Orlando of Amass was in Bengaluru recently. He talks about how sustainable living can be a winnable goal