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Global coral bleaching event expands, now the largest on record

Some 77% of the world’s coral reef areas – from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Indian oceans – have so far been subjected to bleaching-level heat stress




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First brown dwarf ever found throws up surprise three decades later

Brown dwarfs are neither a star nor a planet, but something in between




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Scientists develop supplement to protect bees from pesticides

The supplement is created with flavonoids, plant-derived secondary metabolites known for their health benefits.




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Is there any evidence of animal evolution in response to environmental changes caused by humans?




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Insulin’s new upgrade: Can it truly prevent blood sugar lows?

Preclinical studies of an insulin candidate named NNC2215 have shown promise; this smart insulin can alter its own activity in response to glucose concentration in the body




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Stoneflies change colour in response to deforestation, suggesting humans can alter evolution

So far, researchers have observed fewer clear-cut examples of human-induced evolution in the wild than one might imagine.




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WHO’s database on polio cases hides more than it reveals

Besides wild poliovirus cases, the WHO registry has data of only the circulating VDPV cases and not the cases that belong to the other two VDPV categories — iVDPV and aVDPV




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Unexpected link between nickel toxicity, cholesterol levels found

In a new study, fungi that lacked the Sre1 protein were found to be highly sensitive to nickel; the gene that encodes for this protein is conserved in all animals, including humans




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Svalbard seed vault evokes epic imagery, controversy because of the power of seeds

Tens of thousands of new seeds from around the world arrived at the seed vault on Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, in mid-October 2024.




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Did the world’s best-preserved dinosaurs really die in ‘Pompeii-type’ events?




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Mpox clade Ia has evolved to jump from humans to humans: new study

Researchers have found a surge in the prevalence of mutations that can be attributed to a protein family in the human body called APOBEC




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How do lightning rods prevent lightning strikes from reaching people?

While a lightning strike occurs between a cloud and an object on or near the ground, it takes the path of least resistance, which means it moves towards the closest object with the highest electric potential




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Learn German, French in varsity’s Evening College




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New app development course by IIT-M

The online app development course introduced by IIT Madras and tech-startup Hasura has received tremendous response.




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Journal of medieval religious cultures

University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press




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630 entrepreneurs evince interest in setting up poultry units

Perambalur district allocated Rs.2.85 crore subsidy for poultry development




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Every workday needs a game plan

Getting more done during the workday is the employee’s goal. Why then does he feel frustrated at the end of the day, about productivity? Here are some common workplace mistakes, and the ways to avoid them.



  • Money & Careers

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Water On The Moon: Surprising New Discovery Reveals The Moon Has More Water Than Expected!

New research reveals that the Moon contains far more water than previously thought, surprising scientists and reshaping future lunar exploration plans!




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Test of devotion

A staging of ‘Rukmangadacharitham’ Kathakali in the capital city brought together seasoned artistes.




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They are awake even while on strings

Puppet theatre is much more than the doll with strings says Anurupa Roy as she and her team from Katkatha prepare for their production, The Mahabharata




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‘Crazy Thieves’ all set to return

‘Crazy Thieves in Palavakkam’ was the first play to be made into audio tape format.




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The lovable everyman

In a conversation that veers from nostalgia to cultural politics, Rajit Kapur reflects on his craft and concerns




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Rupee recovers from all-time low level, opens 25 paise higher at 83.84 against US dollar

Meanwhile, the dollar index gained 0.16 per cent to 102.85 points




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Rupee plummets to 84.09 against dollar, ties previous all-time low

The rupee’s performance was also impacted by the volatile situation in the Middle East, which is expected to keep oil prices elevated and exert further pressure on the currency




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India’s forex reserves dip below $700 billion after staying above that level for two weeks

The reserves shrunk by $10.746 billion during the reporting week to stand at $690.43 billion as on October 11, 2024




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Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. - Revised- Standalone And Consolidated Unaudited Financial Results For The 1St Quarter Ended On 30Th June, 2019.




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Paul Merchants Ltd - Standalone As Well As Consolidated Un-Audited Financial Results Alongwith Segment Results For The Quarter Ended June 30, 2019 Along With Limited Review Report Issued By Statutory Auditors Of The Company




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Shri Mahalaxmi Agricultural Development Ltd - Board Meeting Intimation for Meeting Of Board Of Directors To Consider And Approve Unaudited Financial Results.




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Kcl Infra Projects Ltd - Board Meeting Intimation for Consideration And Approval Of Quarterly Financial Results Along With Limited Review Report For The Quarter Ended 30Th June, 2019




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Worth Investment & Trading Co Ltd - Board Meeting Intimation for To Consider And Approve The Unaudited Financial Results Along With Limited Review Report Of The Auditors For The Quarter Ended 30Th June, 2019.




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Square Yards records 70 per cent rise in revenue on year

Square Yards said gross transaction value has risen to Rs 22,870 crore, a 67 per cent increase year-on-year, while the number of transactions has doubled




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Macrotech Developers announces 1-for-1 bonus share issue

This is the first time that the company is paying dividend to its shareholders




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Tamil Nadu Petro Products records highest annual revenue in FY23; input cost hits profitability

Tamilnadu Petroproducts blames global uncertainty for dip in profitability




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Ultrasmall RuO2/CoFe2O4 nanoparticles with robust interfacial interactions for the enhanced acidic oxygen evolution reaction

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00719K, Paper
Open Access
Ming Wei, Liuhua Mu, Zhiwei Liu, Feng Gao, Guangjian Song, Qiankang Si, Mao Zhang, Fangfang Dai, Min Zhang, Rui Ding, Li Yang, Zhonggui Gao, Sanzhao Song
Ultrasmall RuO2/CoFe2O4 nanoparticles with strong interfacial interactions exhibit enhanced oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance, driven by efficient charge transfer between RuO2 and CoFe2O4.
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Exploring catalytic oxidation pathways of furfural and 5-hydroxymethyl furfural into carboxylic acids using Au, Pt, and Pd catalysts: a comprehensive review

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00821A, Review Article
Toyese Oyegoke, Franck Dumeignil, Baba E.-Yakubu Jibril, Carine Michel, Robert Wojcieszak
This review explores the mechanisms and factors influencing the selective oxidation of HMF and furfural into valuable products using gold, platinum, and palladium catalysts.
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Directed evolution of C-methyltransferase PsmD for enantioselective pyrroloindole derivative production

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6298-6306
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00657G, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Diana A. Amariei, Julia Tenhaef, Thomas Classen, Benoit David, Tobias M. Rosch, Holger Gohlke, Stephan Noack, Jörg Pietruszka
The engineering of stereoselective C-methyltransferase PsmD through saturation mutagenesis led to improved activity for larger substrates. An automated process was designed and successfully applied for the mutant library production and screening.
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Construction of a highly efficient MoS2-based composite electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6380-6392
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00923A, Paper
Mengyan Huang, Bo Liu, Junwei Wu, Junfeng Gu, Yichen Zheng, Peiyan Ma, Bei Li, Zhengyi Fu
The carboxyl groups in CC-MoC@MoS2 play a similar role to the amino acid residues in PS II.
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Effects of zeolite porosity and acidity on catalytic conversion of carbohydrates to bio-based chemicals: a review

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01070A, Review Article
Deyu Chu, Jinjing Ma, Qishun Liu, Jie Fu, Heng Yin
Optimizing the production process of high value-added chemicals derived from renewable biomass holds immense promise for clean energy utilization and environmental sustainability.
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The O2-stable [FeFe]-hydrogenase CbA5H reveals high resilience against organic solvents

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY01018C, Paper
Open Access
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Martin Gerbaulet, Anja Hemschemeier, Thomas Happe
CbA5H from Clostridium beijerinckii is an oxygen-stable [FeFe]-hydrogenase. Here we report that CbA5H is stable in high concentrations of acetone and acetonitrile and also withstands intermediate concentrations of DMSO, ethanol and methanol.
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Enhancing light-driven photocatalytic reactions through solid solutions of bismuth oxyhalide/bismuth rich photocatalysts: a systematic review

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14,6466-6495
DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00820K, Review Article
Open Access
Robert O. Gembo, Rudzani Ratshiedana, Lawrence M. Madikizela, Ilunga Kamika, Cecil K. King'ondu, Alex T. Kuvarega, Titus A. M. Msagati
The pursuit of sustainable environmental remediation strategies has led to intensive research in photocatalysis.
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Material design of biodegradable primary batteries: boosting operating voltage by substituting the hydrogen evolution reaction at the cathode

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20027-20036
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03321C, Minireview
Shunsuke Yamada, Takashi Honda
This review highlights recent progress in increasing the operating voltage of biodegradable primary batteries by suppressing or substituting the hydrogen evolution reaction at the cathode with alternative redox reaction.
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Active site engineering of intermetallic nanoparticles by the vapour–solid synthesis: carbon black supported nickel tellurides for hydrogen evolution

Nanoscale, 2024, 16,20168-20181
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03397C, Paper
Open Access
Daniel Garstenauer, Patrick Guggenberger, Ondřej Zobač, Franz Jirsa, Klaus W. Richter
The intermetallic phases Ni3Te2, NiTe, NiTe2−x & NiTe2 were synthesized as carbon-black supported nanoparticles using the vapour–solid synthesis approach and were characterized for their performance in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution.
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Refined Design of DNA Logic Gate for Implementing DNA-based Three-level Circuit

Nanoscale, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03606A, Paper
Yuanpeng Zhang, Bei Yan, Xingge Li, Huan Liu, Xiao Liu, Xianjin Xiao, Zenghui Mao, Zhihao Ming
DNA computing circuits are favored by researchers due to their high density, high parallelism, and biocompatibility. However, compared with electronic circuits, current DNA circuits have significant errors in understanding the...
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Current progress and frontiers in three-dimensional macroporous carbon-based aerogels for electromagnetic wave absorption: a review

Nanoscale, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03738C, Review Article
Han Ding, Bo Hu, Yu Wang, Yunchen Du
This article provides a timely review on the construction of three-dimensional macroporous carbon-based aerogels and their application in the field of electromagnetic absorption.
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Conduction band photonic trapping via band gap reversal of brookite quantum dots using controlled graphitization for tuning a multi-exciton photoswitchable high-performance semiconductor

Nanoscale, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03616F, Paper
Sanjiv Sonkaria, Tae Woo Lee, Aniket Kumar, Soo-Kyung Hwang, Piotr Jablonski, Versha Khare
The photocatalytic competence of brookite relative to polymorphs anatase and rutile has generally been considered structurally and energetically unfavourable for reasons that remain largely unknown and unchallenged. Here, we demonstrate...
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Particle Surface Engineering at Nano-Micro Scale Interfaces of Metal-Nonmetal Bonded Polymeric Coatings: Experimental and In-Silico Evaluations

Nanoscale, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03431G, Paper
Suman Yadav, Sarvesh Kumar Pandey, Shikha Awasthi
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is a well-known cost-effective synthetic polymer that offers a variety of applications including medical, aerospace, automotive, and construction industries. However, weak bonding with low mechanical and tribological...
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Hydrodynamic Slip in Nanoconfined Flows: A Review of Experimental, Computational, and Theoretical Progress

Nanoscale, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NR03697B, Review Article
Open Access
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Abdul Aziz Shuvo, Luis E. Paniagua-Guerra, Juseok Choi, Seong H. Kim, Bladimir Ramos Alvarado
Nanofluidics has made significant impacts and advancements in various fields, including ultrafiltration, water desalination, biomedical applications, and energy conversion. These advancements are driven by the distinct behavior of fluids at...
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Efficient healing of diabetic wounds by MSC-EV-7A composite hydrogel via suppression of inflammation and enhancement of angiogenesis

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,1750-1760
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01904G, Paper
Xinyi Long, Qian Yuan, Rui Tian, Wanting Zhang, Lang Liu, Minghui Yang, Xin Yuan, Zhujie Deng, Quanjiang Li, Ronghui Sun, Yuyi Kang, Yingying Peng, Xiubin Kuang, Lingfang Zeng, Zhengqiang Yuan
An alginate hydrogel loaded with mesenchymal stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) and a 7-amino-acid peptide (7A) constitutes a novel dressing for efficient healing of diabetic wounds with anti-inflammation and pro-angiogenesis mechanisms.
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Bi-functional quercetin/copper nanoparticles integrating bactericidal and anti-quorum sensing properties for preventing the formation of biofilms

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,1788-1800
DOI: 10.1039/D4BM00034J, Paper
Jingjing Cheng, Haixin Zhang, Kunyan Lu, Yi Zou, Dongxu Jia, Hong Yang, Hong Chen, Yanxia Zhang, Qian Yu
A bi-functional antibiofilm nanoplatform was developed based on a complex of quercetin and copper integrating bactericidal and anti-quorum sensing properties.
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N-Halaminated spermidine-containing polymeric coating enables titanium to achieve dual functions of antibacterial and osseointegration

Biomater. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4BM00061G, Paper
Hang Ren, Peng Wang, Hanwen Huang, Junshen Huang, Yuheng Lu, Yanfeng Wu, Zhongyu Xie, Youchen Tang, Zhaopeng Cai, Huiyong Shen
Modified Ti with a porous N-halaminated spermidine-containing polymeric coating is constructed, and it has both excellent antibacterial and osteogenic abilities to enhance osseointegration, making it potentially applicable in orthopedics.
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