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Poaching the Poachers: How Kenya is Saving Elephants with Night Vision Tech

In the last decade, Africa’s elephant population has declined by around 110,000, primarily due to poaching. The slaughter of African rhinos has also skyrocketed — 1,175 were killed in South Africa in 2015 alone, compared with 13 in 2007. Because poachers operate mostly under the cover of night, this type of crime is hard to tackle. In December 2012, Google awarded WWF a $5 million grant to tackle the poaching crisis through technology, launching the Wildlife Crime Technology Project. They have collaborated with FLIR, a thermal imaging company, to design a new infrared camera capable of detecting human movement at night, and have installed cameras around Kenya's Maasai Mara Conservancy. Since the programme started, local rangers have nabbed over 150 poachers. CONNECT WITH WIRED Web: http://po.st/WiredVideo Twitter: http://po.st/TwitterWired Facebook: http://po.st/FacebookWired Google+: http://po.st/GoogleWired Instagram: http://po.st/InstagramWired Magazine: http://po.st/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://po.st/NewslettersWired ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics.




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Vishal Chatrath: Human-machine teaming and real-world applications

Vishal is CEO and co-founder of PROWLER.io, a Cambridge-based AI company whose mission is to enable leaders and organisations to make better business decisions by optimizing resources. PROWLER.io’s decision-making engine, VUKU, can process data in real time, adapt to uncertainty, act on sparse information and learn from experience. The company’s goal is to ensure that business is powered by people; empowered by AI. In this talk, Vishal Chatrath argues for an increased role for Europe in AI technology. According to Chatrath, Europe’s efficiency and past success in standardising mobile communications should give it the confidence it needs to have a bigger influence on the global AI stage. ABOUT WIRED PULSE: AI AT THE BARBICAN 450 business executives, technologists and enthusiasts gathered at The Barbican Centre’s Concert Hall in London, for WIRED Pulse: AI at the Barbican on June 15, 2019. Discover some of the fascinating insights from speakers here: http://wired.uk/ai-event ABOUT WIRED PULSE AND WIRED EVENTS The WIRED Pulse series offers an engaging, top-level perspective on how disruptive technology and fast-changing industries - such as artificial intelligence, deep tech and health - are impacting the human experience. The aim is to distill the most pertinent strands of themes within each complex topic and to share it with the wider public as a thought-provoking conversation-starter. WIRED events shine a spotlight on the innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs who are changing our world for the better. Explore this channel for videos showing on-stage talks, behind-the-scenes action, exclusive interviews and performances from our roster of events. Join us as we uncover the most relevant, up-and-coming trends and meet the people building the future. ABOUT WIRED WIRED brings you the future as it happens - the people, the trends, the big ideas that will change our lives. An award-winning printed monthly and online publication. WIRED is an agenda-setting magazine offering brain food on a wide range of topics, from science, technology and business to pop-culture and politics. CONNECT WITH WIRED Events: http://wired.uk/events Web: http://po.st/WiredVideo Twitter: http://po.st/TwitterWired Facebook: http://po.st/FacebookWired Google+: http://po.st/GoogleWired Instagram: http://po.st/InstagramWired Magazine: http://po.st/MagazineWired Newsletter: http://po.st/NewslettersWired




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Is Invisibility Possible? An Inventor and a Physicist Explain

Videos of a new product being called an invisibility cloak recently surfaced online. WIRED's Louise Matsakis spoke with its inventor and a physicist who studies optics to find out how it works and whether cloaking and invisibility are truly feasible.




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VFX Artist Breaks Down This Year's Best Visual Effects Nominees

Kevin Baillie, Creative Director & Sr. VFX Supervisor for Method Studios, talks through this year's Oscar nominees for Best Visual Effects -- 1917, Avengers: Endgame, The Irishman, The Lion King, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Baillie began his career two decades ago as an 18-year-old pre-viz artist on Star Wars: Episode I. Since then, he has worked on Harry Potter, Star Trek and Transfomers movies, among many others. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.




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Tech Support - Travis & Lyn-Z Pastrana Answer Stunt Questions From Twitter

Extreme sports legends Travis and Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins Pastrana use the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about stunts, motocross, rally car, skateboarding and much more. LIFE SIZE TOYS is now available on Quibi. Quibi Life Size Toys: Hosted by Nitro Circus ringleader Travis Pastrana, ‘Life-Size Toys’ will feature the world’s most beloved kids’ playthings, now brought to life and super-sized by the Nitro Circus crew, then tested to the extreme by the best stunt performers in the business. This is nostalgia in overdrive.




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The Invisible Smart Home | WIRED Brand Lab

Sponsored Conversation by Moen. A conversation with Moen's Mark-Hans Richer.




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How Everything Everywhere All at Once's Visual Effects Were Made

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (also known as DANIELS) sit down with visual effects artist Zak Stoltz to talk about the special and visual effects used in their astonishing new movie. The Michelle Yeoh sci-fi vehicle is capturing audiences and critics with its distinctive take on the action genre. Stoltz and DANIELS explain how their small budget forced them to get creative to create something truly unique.




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Tech Support - Financial Advisor Answers Money Questions From Twitter

Kevin L. Matthews II, author and financial educator, answers questions from twitter about money and spending. Are we going into a recession? How is a credit score calculated? How soon do you need to start saving for retirement? Is our tax system rigged for the rich? Is cyrpto worth investing in? Kevin answers all these questions and much more!




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Alfonso Cuarón Examines The Language of Cinema & Television

Gravity, Children of Men, the best Harry Potter movie—and now a seven-part miniseries? With Disclaimer, director Alfonso Cuarón has set out to conquer TV in the name of cinema. The Academy Award-winning director joins WIRED writer Samanth Subramanian to talk about the language of cinema and television—and how they intersect.See more: https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-director-alfonso-cuaron-disclaimer-sci-fi/




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Rhodium Nanospheres for Ultraviolet and Visible Plasmonics

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00449C, Communication
Open Access
David Muneton Arboleda, Vito Coviello, Arianna Palumbo, Roberto Pilot, Vincenzo Amendola
The development and understanding of alternative plasmonic materials are crucial steps for leveraging new plasmonic technologies. Although gold and silver nanostructures have been intensively studied, rhodium is a material with...
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PM Modi & PM of Spain to visit Vadodara on October 28

Prime Ministers of India and Spain would inaugurate the facility that manufacture C-295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF)




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PM Modi to visit Gujarat on Oct 30-31

PM Modi will visit Ekta Nagar at Kevadia around 5:30 PM, where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various infrastructural and development projects




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Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corp’s request to revise solar energy slot timings faces industry backlash

Limiting solar power usage at night may deter investors from pursuing new projects, say experts




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Cheil X’s new visual identity

Cheil X, part of Cheil SWA group, has adopted a new visual identity and philosophy which takes its muse from the agency’s Korean heritage.




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BINNY LTD. - Revised Disclosures under Reg. 31(1) and 31(2) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011




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Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd. - Revised disclosures under Reg. 31(1) and 31(2) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011




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Him Teknoforge Ltd - Revised Disclosures under Reg. 31(1) and 31(2) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011




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Visualizing the Social Media Universe in 2020

Social media has seeped into virtually all aspects of modern life. The vast social media universe collectively now holds 3.8 billion users, representing roughly 50% of the global population.

With an additional billion internet users projected to come online in the coming years, it’s possible that the social media universe could expand even further.

How the Networks Stack Up
To begin, let’s take a look at how social networks compare in terms of monthly active users (MAUs)—an industry metric widely used to gauge the success of these platforms.

Rank        Social Network        
#1        Facebook        
#2        WhatsApp        
#3        YouTube        
#4        Messenger        
#5        WeChat        
#6        Instagram        
#7        TikTok        
#8        QQ        
#9        Weibo        
#10        Qzone        
#11        Reddit




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The Performative Nature of Social Media Activism

This year has been a whirlwind, but if there’s something we all have in common – aside from living in the midst of a pandemic – it is our mutual exposure to a new age of activism. Modern social movements have transitioned online, much like the rest of our lives. With social media platforms remaining at the forefront of online communication, it has become more important than ever to reevaluate why and how we use these platforms, especially as they pertain to social movements.

Instagram, with its incredibly platform-specific-spread, has mini slideshows of infographics. Twitter and Facebook both have catchy headlines and quips, bites of information from a wide range of credible and not-so-credible sources. Almost every form of social media has a way to disseminate information in bite-size chunks; that function is central to its purpose as social media. This is fine, except when it comes to activism.

There are two sides to online activism: there are those who want to appear like they care about a cause, and there are those who actually do. A lot of the former tend to fall into the brand/celebrity/influencer category.




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Bifunctional conjugated polymer photocatalysts for visible light water oxidation and CO2 reduction: function- and site-selective hybridisation of Ru(II) complex catalysts

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,30279-30288
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA04014G, Paper
Kotaro Ishihara, Akinobu Nakada, Hajime Suzuki, Osamu Tomita, Shunsuke Nozawa, Akinori Saeki, Ryu Abe
Function-/site-selective hybridisation of two specific Ru(II) complex catalysts on donor–acceptor conjugated polymers enables bifunctional visible-light water oxidation and CO2 reduction.
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Modulating the band gap of a pyrazinoquinoxaline-based metal–organic framework through orbital hybridization for enhanced visible light-driven CN bond construction

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12,30582-30590
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA06282E, Paper
Zitong Chen, Linghui Cao, Aogang Liu, Pengda Liu, Yuan Chen, Juntao Yan, Bao Li
An indium-based metal–organic framework bearing a pyrazinoquinoxaline derivative is synthesized to facilitate two methods for the construction of CN bonds, and their mechanisms are investigated through detailed theoretical calculations.
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Air India-Vistara Merger Complete; Integrated Entity To Operate Over 5,600 Weekly Flights

Air India-Vistara Merger: The merger of Air India and Vistara has been completed and the integrated entity will be operating over 5,600 weekly flights connecting more than 90 destinations.




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Ola CEO Bhavish Agarwal hits back at stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for flagging Ola EV service issue

Many Ola Electric consumers jumped into the spat and complained about the service quality of the company.




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Explained | What are the latest revisions to the process for the sale of SIM cards?

The revised norms deal with bulk procurement of SIM cards and require the distributors, franchises and agents selling SIM cards to undergo thorough verification, including a check by the police




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What Himachal Pradesh did for Summer Visitors?

Himachal is said to be the God gifted area of India where you can visit and touch the snow even in June. As no other major industry is there to rare the economy of this small hill state, only tourism industry can make the state self-sufficient. All the Governments which ruled the state since its […]




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Citizen science projects in Visakhapatnam engage community members to document biodiversity

Environmental organisations in Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam are leading citizen science projects, transforming individual observations into contributors to science




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Elon Musk to meet Indian space tech founders during Delhi visit

SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is likely to meet India’s top space technology entrepreneurs in Delhi later this week




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AstraZeneca admits rare blood clot risk with Covishield, Vaxzevria vaccines

The WHO has recognised TTS as a rare but serious adverse event linked to specific Covid-19 vaccines.




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Covishield: AZ cites regulators’ view that benefits outweigh risk of ‘extremely rare potential side effects’

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine faces UK class action suit; Serum Institute markets it in India as Covishield




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ICMR releases revised 'Dietary Guidelines for Indians', urges avoiding protein supplements

Low intake of essential nutrients can disrupt metabolism and increase the risk of insulin resistance




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Araku Pinery, a new community-based eco-tourism project near Visakhapatnam

Enjoy misty winter mornings with a warm cup of coffee at Araku Pinery, a new eco-tourism project by the AP Forest Department in Anjoda, located at a distance of about 130 kilometres from Visakhapatnam




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Experience a slice of tribal life at Giri Grama Darshini, a tourism project near Visakhapatnam

Get a peek of the adivasi culture at Giri Grama Darshini, a tourism project by ITDA and Pedalabudu Eco Tourism Society




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Birders in Visakhapatnam report a drop in number of species during the Asian Waterbird Census

Habitat destruction, poaching and landfills near water sources are some of major threats faced by wetlands and birds in and around it in Visakhapatnam




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Explore the nocturnal wilderness at herp walks in Visakhapatnam

Embark on a nocturnal adventure in the Eastern Ghats in Visakhapatnam with herp walks, discovering hidden reptiles and amphibians




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A visit to Seychelles’ Silhouette Island, home to the rarest bat in the world

How Seychelles’ Silhouette Island, home to the Aldabra giant tortoise and sheath-tailed bat, is showcasing its flora and fauna




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Revision of electoral roll begins, special camp dates announced




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NAAC peer team to visit Govt. Institute for PG Studies and Research




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Admission panel publishes provisional allotment list for professional courses




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NGT stays public hearings in Puducherry on revised coastal zone maps




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Special camp for summary revision of electoral rolls held

The district comprises 25 of the 30 Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory, which includes the exclaves of Mahe and Yanam.




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Special camps for voter roll revision in Villupuram




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Lightweight flexible self-powered photo-supercapacitors with good stability through photoelectrochemical deposition of tellurium on PPy–V2O5 films as a new visible light active dual photoelectrode

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03090G, Paper
Mohamad Mohsen Momeni, Hossein Mohammadzadeh Aydisheh, Byeong-Kyu Lee, Ali Naderi
Lightweight flexible solid-state photosupercapacitors (FSSPC) with two identical Te@PPy–V2O5 photoelectrodes showed good performance and maintained functionality under different bending angles. They also demonstrated stability from −10 °C to 50 °C.
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An advanced self-powered visible-light photodetector based on the asymmetric Au/CsPbBr3/SmB6 junction

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17395-17402
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03510K, Paper
Zairan Liu, Gang Cao, Zhaozhi Guan, Yan Tian, Jidong Liu, Jun Chen, Shaozhi Deng, Fei Liu
An asymmetric Au/CsPbBr3/SmB6 self-powered photodetector exhibits greatly enhanced visible-light photosensitive performances with the help of an interfacial built-in field.
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Enhancing visual luminescence detection of tetracycline antibiotics through regulation of nitrogen-containing ligand and antenna effect of Ln3+

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17635-17646
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02735C, Paper
Tingting Liu, Mengna Ji, Jun Zheng, Nana Liu, Hongguo Hao, Jianmin Dou, Jingjing Jiang, Yunwu Li, Suna Wang
Two water-stable luminescent Cd-MOFs were synthesized from flexible carboxylate ligand and two N-containing ligands with different rigidity and flexibility, which demonstrated different luminescence responses toward antibiotics TC/OTC.
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Visible light mediated efficient photoswitching of dimethyldihydropyrenes in thin films for all-photonic logic gate applications and dynamic encryption/decryption capabilities

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17511-17518
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03321C, Paper
Sariful Molla, Subhajit Bandyopadhyay
Dimethyldihydropyrene (DHP) photoswitches exhibit visible light-induced ring-opening photoisomerization, reversed by UV/visible light or heat in thin films.
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Fabrication of effect pigments with full visible photonic crystal colors via the shear-induced assembly of multinary colloidal nanoparticles

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17695-17703
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02761B, Paper
Qilin Guo, Huateng Li, Xiuli Wang, Changchun Wang
An efficient shear-induced co-assembly strategy is provided for creating full-spectrum tunable structural color materials and complex photonic nanostructures by handily manipulating varied relative ratios of multinary colloidal nanoparticles.
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In situ construction of surface oxygen vacancies on N/TiO2 for promoting visible light photocatalytic H2 evolution

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12,17500-17510
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC03098B, Paper
Yuandong Shen, Nan Yang, Ke Wang, Bin Xiao, Yijun He, Zhishi Qiu, Tong Zhou, Weijie Zhan, Rui Hu, Genlin Zhang, Jin Zhang, Zhongqi Zhu, Feng Liu, Hao Cui, Qingju Liu
A simple method of mixed sintering of thiourea and NH2-MIL-125(Ti) is adopted to obtain N-doped TiO2 with abundant surface OV, which significantly improves the photocatalytic performance of TiO2 under visible light.
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Stimulus-responsive multifunctions in a zinc(II) sulfate complex: photochromism, photoswitching nonlinear optical properties, amine detection and visual film application

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04169K, Paper
Shuai Liang, Shi-Kun Yan, Yu-Xuan Wen, Yan-Rui Zhao, Jin Zhang, Ji-Xiang Hu
A novel complex combining photo- and amine-induced chromic, switchable photoluminescence, and photomodulated nonlinear optical properties has been prepared using electron-rich sulfate and electron-deficient 2,4,6-tri(4-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine.
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Viscoplastic photoalignment modeling of asymmetric surface restructuring in azopolymer films by elliptically polarized light

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04226C, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Nina Tverdokhleb, Biagio Audia, Pasquale Pagliusi, Marina Saphiannikova
This study aims to test and validate the modern orientation approach of Saphiannikova & co. within the context of viscoplastic photoalignment (VPA) modeling. We focus on the formation of topographical...
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