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Fe3+-induced luminescence quenching in carbon dots – mechanism unveiled

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2349-2358
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY02202A, Paper
Varsha Raveendran P.T., Anjali C., Renuka Neeroli Kizhakayil
Luminescence quenching in carbon dots with an increase in Fe3+ concentration and the quantitative variation in luminescence intensity with added ferric ions.
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​Over the borderline: On the India-China deal 

The agreement between India and China opens new opportunities  




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Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and therapeutic strategies involving traditional Chinese medicine

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00660G, Review Article
Shutang Li, Jinfei Yang
As research on AD has progressed, TCM and its active ingredients have increasingly played a crucial role in clinical treatment. This article summarizes extracts from TCM and briefly elucidates their pharmacological mechanisms against AD.
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571: Searching vs AI, Getting Designers to Play Nice, and Web Components

Do you listen at 2x? Do Chris and Dave sound weird at normal speed IRL? How searching compares to using AI, chatbots kind of suck at context, getting a designer to work with developers at an agency, what happened to content visibility, and how to best build a design system using web components.




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616: Strum Machine with Luke Abbott

Luke Abbott is the creator of Strum Machine, an app that simulates backing tracks by stitching together individual notes, chords, and strums recorded on guitar, standup bass, and mandolin. We talk about what Strum Machine does, why he decided to build it, how bringing on a professional designer helped, pricing thoughts, and the "fun" of building a version on iOS.




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624: Blogging, In App Browsers are Bad, and Teaching CSS from Scratch

On this epsiode we're talking about the current state of blogging and social media, the polyfill hack, whether in app browsers should be banned, web components and the difficulty of front end web dev, and how we would go about teaching CSS from scratch in 2024.




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Balrampur Chini hopes success of polylactic acid plant will be sweet

In conversation with Avantika Saraogi, ED, and Stefan Barot, President, Chemicals Division, Balrampur Chini Mills




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Why banks are branching furiously

From financial inclusion to wooing back savings deposits, lenders have reasons to reject digital-only mode




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Delhi HC seeks CBI’s response on plea to preserve CCTV footage in coaching centre deaths




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A deep look into China’s realities

Ananth Krishnan shines a light on the different sides of China that largely remain hidden from Indian citizens




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China’s credo: No give, only take

The book calls for a resetting of the thorny China-India ties




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TNAU, Coimbatore, gets design patent for seed cube making machine




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90-year-old farmer convicted, sentenced to one-year imprisonment for encroaching 36 guntas of government land in Karnataka

Small and marginal farmers are worried about being punished for encroachment, demand action against influential people who allegedly encroached on government land




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Kohli the run-machine goes past Tendulkar but...

Kohli's knock of 88 (94) was his 10th 50-plus score in the ODI format this year second only to Shubman Gill who leads the charts with twelve 50-plus ODI scores in 2023.




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China slowdown ‘a significant risk’ for global economy

There has been a sharp contraction in China’s imports over the past year




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FPIs take out ₹58,711 crore from equities in October on geopolitical crisis, strong Chinese stocks

The outflow came following a nine-month high investment of ₹57,724 crore in September




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Forest Department free coaching helps tribal youth in Jawadhu Hills to get government jobs




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Panchayat, aided schools in Tiruchi district bag awards for excellence in teaching, better enrolment

The schools are assessed based on including basic infrastructure, quality of education and teaching practices, technology-enabled teaching, development of the school, and activities done by students




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Chain stretching in brushes favors sequence recognition for nucleobase-functionalized flexible precise oligomers

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8303-8311
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00866A, Paper
Kseniia Grafskaia, Qian Qin, Jie Li, Delphine Magnin, David Dellemme, Mathieu Surin, Karine Glinel, Alain M. Jonas
Flexible oligomers having precise sequences of nucleobases do not specifically recognize surface-grafted target chains at low grafting density. Moderately higher grafting densities promote sequence-specific recognition thanks to chain stretching.
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Effective patchiness from critical points of a coarse-grained protein model with explicit shape and charge anisotropy

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8455-8467
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00867G, Paper
Open Access
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Jens Weimar, Frank Hirschmann, Martin Oettel
Critical points of an anisotropic, coarse-grained protein model are used to detemine an “effective patchiness” by comparison to the Kern–Frenkel patchy model.
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Self-assembly of amphiphilic homopolymers grafted onto spherical nanoparticles: complete embedded minimal surfaces and a machine learning algorithm for their recognition

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8385-8394
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00616J, Paper
D. A. Mitkovskiy, A. A. Lazutin, A. L. Talis, V. V. Vasilevskaya
Amphiphilic macromolecules grafted onto spherical nanoparticles can self-assemble into morphological structures corresponding to the family of complete embedded minimal surfaces. They arise situationally, can coexist and transform into each other.
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Dynamics of switching processes: general results and applications to intermittent active motion

Soft Matter, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01054J, Paper
Open Access
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Ion Santra, Deepak Gupta, Kristian S Olsen
Systems switching between different dynamical phases is an ubiquitous phenomenon. The general understanding of such a process is limited. To this end, we present a general expression that captures fluctuations...
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Stitching bonds

Huma Nassr explains how she is using fashion to promote goodwill and peace between India and Pakistan




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Editorial. China market stimulus may not impact India’s FPI flows

While foreign funds may be buying Chinese equity for the short-term, the Indian market offers better returns for long-term investors




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Free DSC coaching for BC students to begin across Andhra Pradesh




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Traditional healers told not to treat infants, children to prevent mortalities in Chintoor agency

The methods and ingredients used in the preparation of Ayurvedic medicine by traditional healers are to be suspected, says an official




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CAD Foundation of Mangaluru donates ECG machines for screening Sabarimala pilgrims in Kerala

With this, the foundation completes donating 1,000 ECG machines to many health facilities across India since 2018




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Those snatching central university teachers' right of reservation lecturing others: Kharge

RTI query has revealed that of the 18,940 sanctioned posts in 46 central universities, 27% teaching posts are vacant; 38% seats for the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) are not filled




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What you need to know about China's $1.4 trillion debt package




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Asian markets drop as Trump worries kick in after China disappoints




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In South America, Trump already losing a trade battle with China




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How China came to Chennai

Anusha Parthasarathy peeps into the oldest crockery shops and finds how they have changed to suit changing times



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Pitching on the Patola

Narshi Bhai’s Patola saris and dupattas are works of fine craftsmanship. They are on display at Basava Ambara.




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Hyderabad-based Raghu Vamsi Group acquires British precision machining firm PMC Group 

The Hyderabad-based MSME, Raghu Vamsi Group, has completed the acquisition of British precision machining firm PMC GGroup, that traces its roots to over 100 years




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SRIRAM’s IAS launches coaching centre in Hyderabad




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India’s coaching staff under the scanner ahead of the Border-Gavaskar series

Gambhir & Co. gets captain Rohit’s backing after the home Test series loss against New Zealand; the head coach says the team has to be honest and keep working hard




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Ranji Trophy | Sachin Baby, Salman help Kerala seize control

The duo’s 99-run partnership for the sixth wicket helps the host reach 340 for seven; the home team leads by 178 at the end of day two




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The building and breaching of Fortress India: chronicling a cycle of cricket dominance

India was invincible at home for 12 years, winning 18 consecutive Test series before New Zealand snapped the record streak in a historic clean sweep. What went into the making of the unbeaten run, what are the consequences of defeat and what does the future look like?




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Teaching: a work in progress

Do teachers need to have all the right answers? Being a learner ‘again’ might be the biggest blessing.




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Approaching the IAS Main Exam

Like other competitive exams, this too requires careful preparation.




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Free coaching classes for TNPSC job aspirants




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Look for chinks in the armour

Why, while building an argument, it is not enough to search for evidence that supports our position.




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India’s 4x400m relay teams credit Nassau training for punching ticket to Paris

The move by AFI and SAI to send the athletes on a month-long camp helped them acclimatise and bounce back to qualify for the 2024 Olympics




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Paralympic Games 2024: I’m winning silver everywhere, now want to break jinx by clinching gold, says Kathuniya

Yogesh Kathuniya wasn't satisfied with his performance and he vowed to better the colour of his medal in the next major tournament.




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India batters take sheen off Rachin's ton in Bengaluru

India were still staring at a daunting challenge despite a much more assured performance in their second innings, trailing by 125 runs at the close with Sarfaraz Khan on 70 not out after Virat Kohli fell for the same score on the day's final ball.




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PIX: NZ players melt under Mumbai's scorching sun

New Zealand's cricketers are facing a tough test of endurance in the third Test against India in Mumbai on Friday.




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China's finance minister says room for more economic stimulus but offers no plan

Lan's remarks left the door open for such a plan in the future but he did not divulge what is under consideration




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China cuts lending rates to boost economy

China had reduced other policy rates in September as part of a package of stimulus measures to support the economy




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Indian, Chinese troops exchange sweets at several border points on Diwali

The ties between the two Asian giants had nosedived following the clash




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Trump wins Pennsylvania, leaving him 3 electoral votes shy of clinching White House

Pennsylvania was carried by Trump when he first won the White House in 2016 and then flipped back to Democrats in 2020. Trump also took Georgia, which had voted for Democrats four years ago