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Crude oil futures dip after Israeli attack avoids Iranian oil facilities 

November natural gas futures were trading at ₹254.50 on MCX during the initial hour of trading on Monday against the previous close of ₹258.20, down by 1.43 per cent




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Pharmacies journey through litigations and another election

Chemists’ manifesto: Call for fair play gets louder amidst deep discounts from online pharmacies




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Indian Railways renegotiates Vande Bharat order to 80 high-capacity trainsets; JV Kinet on-board

New order consists of 80 trainsets with a 24-coach configuration, instead of originally planned 16




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After AIX Connect merger, Air India Express sets sights on capacity and market share growth

The merger enhances operational synergies and marks a step forward in the parent company’s ambitious Vihaan transformation initiative




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IAF to outsource some MRO facilities to industry for the first time

About 80 cases of outsourcing certain MRO facilities are at various stages of approvals




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Government moots ₹2,000 crore funding for Pawan Hans to revive operations, enhance capacity

Proposed fund infusion to help Pawan Hans provide consultation services for heliport construction, introduce seaplane services as well as add new choppers to its fleet




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Kandla to become 390 MTPA capacity-port by 2030: Deendayal Port Authority chairman

Kandla port is looking to offer three oil jetties and a couple of cargo jetties to private players under the PPP mode




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A facile self-saturation process enabling the stable cycling of a small molecule menaquinone cathode in aqueous zinc batteries

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15,17971-17978
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04685D, Edge Article
Open Access
Shuo Li, Guoli Zhang, Qianrui Li, Tianshun He, Xiaoqi Sun
A facile self-saturation strategy, realized by the introduction of a hydrophobic methyl group on naphthoquinone, is demonstrated to suppress the dissolution of small molecule cathode materials and achieve stable cycling in aqueous zinc cells.
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Dilute nanocomposites for capacitive energy storage: progress, challenges and prospects

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05437G, Perspective
Open Access
Li Li, Wenhan Xu, Guanchun Rui, Shixian Zhang, Qiming Zhang, Qing Wang
Electrostatic capacitors (ECs) are critical components in advanced electronics and electric power systems due to their rapid charge-discharge rate and high power density. While polymers are ideal for ECs due...
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Phenacylselenoesters allow facile selenium transfer and hydrogen selenide generation

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05788K, Edge Article
Open Access
Utsav Dey Sarkar, Mahima Rana, Harinath Chakrapani
A new series of phenacylselenoesters that generate hydrogen selenide in the presence of esterase and a biological thiol under ambient conditions is reported.
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Enhanced efficiency in plastic waste upcycling: the role of mesoporosity and acidity in zeolites

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05121A, Edge Article
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Saideep Singh, Joaquín Martínez-Ortigosa, Nuria Ortuño, Vivek Polshettiwar, Javier García-Martínez
By optimizing zeolite pore confinement, polymer diffusion and up-cycling efficiency in hierarchical catalysts are significantly enhanced, reducing plastic degradation temperatures and providing a suitable route to sustainable plastic-to-fuel pathways.
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Photochemical carboborylation and three-component difunctionalization of α,β-unsaturated ketones with boronic acids via tosylhydrazones

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06537A, Edge Article
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Álvaro Valdés-Maqueda, Manuel Plaza, Carlos Valdés
The photochemical carboborylation of α,β-unsaturated tosylhydrazones with boronic acids gives tertiary allylboronates. A one pot sequence involving an aldehyde allylation provides a powerful three-component method for diversity oriented synthesis.
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Mechanism of action and evaluation of ratiometric probes for uric acid using lanthanide complexes with tetraazatriphenylene sensitisers

Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05743K, Edge Article
Open Access
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Xinyi Wen, Huishan Li, Zhijie Ju, Renren Deng, David Parker
Six Eu(III) and Tb(III) complexes are evaluated for the rapid ratiometric analysis of urate in diluted serum, together with mechanistic studies probing the intermediate exciplex and the excited state dynamics by transient absorption spectroscopy.
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Discovery of penicillic acid as a chemical probe against tau aggregation in Alzheimer’s Disease

Chem. Sci., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC05469E, Edge Article
Open Access
Jennifer Shyong, Jinliang Wang, Tran Quoc Dung Huynh, Marina Fayzullina, Bo Yuan, Ching-Kuo Lee, Thomas Minehan, Paul M. Seidler, Clay Wang
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder proven to be caused by the aggregation of protein tau into fibrils, resulting in neuronal death. The irreparable neuronal damage leads to irreversible...
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Dynamic sampling from ex vivo adipose tissue using droplet-based microfluidics supports separate mechanisms for glycerol and fatty acid secretion

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,5020-5031
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00664J, Paper
Md Moniruzzaman, Andresa B. Bezerra, Md Mohibullah, Robert L. Judd, James G. Granneman, Christopher J. Easley
Droplet-based microfluidic sampling of adipose tissue reveals unique information on lipolytic dynamics.
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Self-actuated microfluidic chiplet for two-stage multiplex nucleic acid amplification assay

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00752B, Paper
Open Access
Felix Ansah, Marziyeh Hajialyani, Fatemeh Ahmadi, Yuming Gu, Ergün Alperay Tarım, Michael G. Mauk, Gordon A. Awandare, Haim H. Bau
Self-actuated chiplet for Penn-RAMP assay.
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Integrated device for plasma separation and nucleic acid extraction from whole blood toward point-of-care detection of bloodborne pathogens

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,5124-5136
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00571F, Paper
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Abigail G. Ayers, Christia M. Victoriano, Samuel K. Sia
This work presents PRECISE, a device that integrates plasma separation and nucleic acid extraction, enabling streamlined sample preparation of whole blood for point-of-care diagnostics without external equipment or electricity.
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Civic authorities racing against time to save Central funds for Edakochi STP

The deadline for the ₹18.6-crore project is December 31, and failure to complete it in time will lead to the Corporation losing the Central share of ₹7.75 crore




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Action initiated against units lacking sewage treatment facilities, Environment dept. tells NGT




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Govt announces guidelines for funding testing facilities under National Green Hydrogen Mission

With a budget of ₹200 crore till FY26, the scheme aims to support the development of standards and regulatory frameworks in the Green Hydrogen sector.




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Government may approve fresh applications for chip facilities in India

New projects could be announced in the upcoming Semicon India between September 11 and 13




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Diwali 2024: How to get rid of acidity, bloating, constipation post Diwali binge?

Here are some natural ways to help ease digestive discomfort post-Diwali.




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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister lays foundation for three renewable energy projects with a total capacity of 5,314MW

A JV pact was also signed by the State power corporation and the National Hydropower Corporation for two pumped storage hydropower projects




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Tracing Tamil Nadu’s stand up paddle awakening

This will be the decade of stand up paddleboarding. As the water sport gains ground in both competitive and recreational circles, villages along the Ssouth-eastern coast turn hubs for a homegrown movement



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Sri Lanka’s multi-ethnic east reflects challenges facing Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Voters in Ampara district voice hope, skepticism ahead of November 14 parliamentary polls 




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Nanocubic cobalt-containing Prussian blue analogue-derived carbon-coated CoFe alloy nanoparticles for noninvasive uric acid sensing

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00121D, Paper
Yunting Qin, Dan Xiao, Xilan Gao, Xicui Zhang, Yanxue Xu
This work describes an electrochemical sensor for the fast noninvasive detection of uric acid (UA) in saliva.
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Luminescent and time-resolved determination of gemifloxacin mesylate in pharmaceutical formulations and spiked blood plasma samples using a lanthanide complex as a probe

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00236A, Paper
Gasser M. Khairy, Rania M. Goda, Zeinab M. Anwar, Mohamed M. Aboelnga, Axel Duerkop
A new luminescent europium probe for the determination of the antibiotic gemifloxacin is presented. Time-resolved luminescence enables its quantitation in pharmaceutical formulations and blood samples.
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Analysis of O-acetylated sialic acids by 3-nitrophenylhydrazine derivatization combined with LC-MS/MS

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00330F, Paper
Chenhao Zhao, Xingdan Wang, Jing Wu, Yeli Hu, Qiwei Zhang, Qi Zheng
The 3-NPH-labeled sialic acids produce a high abundance of reporter ions, which can improve the accuracy of quantitative analysis of O-acetylated species.
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Dual-mode detection of 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid based on the enhanced peroxidase-like activity and fluorescence property of novel Eu-MOFs

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00331D, Paper
Jintao Yi, Xianqin Han, Jiahao Jian, Yayan Lai, Jun Lu, Lei Peng, Zhongkai Liu, Jun Xue, Hui Zhou, Xun Li
The dual-mode fluorescence and colorimetric detection of 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (DPA) based on the enhanced peroxidase-like activity and fluorescence property of a novel MOF.
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Dual-signal detection of tannin acid in red wines based on peroxidase activity carbon dots

Anal. Methods, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00526K, Paper
Bin Liu, Yu Yin, qianwen Li, wanwan Li, Fubing Xiao, Jinquan Liu, Yan Tan, Shengyuan Yang
Herein, a novel sort of phosphorus and iron-doped carbon dots (P,Fe-CDs) with outstanding peroxidase activity and excellent fluorescence performance was hydrothermally synthesized to colorimetrically and fluorimetrically detect tannic acid (TA)....
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A pH-response-based fluorescent probe for detecting the mitophagy process by tracing changes in colocalization coefficients

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2241-2247
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00211C, Paper
Nongyi Hao, Zekun Jiang, Lina Zhou, Xiaoyu Dai, Xiuqi Kong
A novel pH-response fluorescent probe MP for the detection of mitophagy process via tracing colocalization coeffcients was developed.
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Phenylboronic acid modification-based novel dumbbell-shaped Au–Ag nanorod SERS substrates for ultrasensitive detection of SO42−

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2311-2321
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY01831H, Paper
Kang Shen, Caili Bi, Haifan Yang, Miaowen Xu, Lili Huang, Youwei Wang
Based on the coordination principle of Lewis acids, a novel 4-MPBA-modified dumbbell-shaped Au–Ag nanorod (4-MPBA@DS Au–AgNR) SERS substrate was developed to realize the high sensitivity and specificity of SO42− detection.
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A complementary method with PFBBr-derivatization based on a GC-EI-MS platform for the simultaneous quantitation of short-, medium- and long-chain fatty acids in murine plasma and feces samples

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2330-2339
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY02271D, Paper
Hong-Xu Zhou, Qing Jiang, Xin He, Xian Fu, Jun-Yan Liu
Fatty acids (FAs) are essential molecules in all organisms and are involved in various physiological and pathophysiological processes.
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Simple fluorescence “turn-off” assay for Congo red using commercial 2-aminophthalic acid

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00506F, Paper
Jiaqi Qian, Jie Li, Yihan Jiang, Chaoyong Liu, Jiayao Zhu, Liyu Gu, Yongming Guo
2-Aminophthalic acid with a high quantum yield of 38.49% was utilized for fluorescence “turn-off” sensing of Congo red with a linear range of 0.05–50 μM and a limit of detection of 1.72 μM.
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The preparation of a boronate affinity-based controlled oriented imprinting coating on a silica nanoparticle surface for the separation and purification of shikimic acid in herbal medicine

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00219A, Paper
Yumin Yang, Daojin Li, Bingqian Liu
Shikimic acid (SA) is one of the most effective drugs against the A (H1N1) virus and has high medicinal value.
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Integrating amino acids into Bcr-Abl inhibitors: design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and in silico studies

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3507-3528
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00417E, Research Article
Yuying Liu, Zeyu Yang, Jie Zhang, Na Guo, Nanxin Liu, Qingqing Zhang, Xintao Dang, Yanchen Li, Jie Zhang, Xiaoyan Pan
In continuation of our previous research, a series of novel Bcr-AblT315I inhibitors with tert-leucine or serine as a flexible linker were developed and biological evaluation was performed in vitro.
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Synthesis and cytotoxic activity of madecassic acid–silybin conjugate compounds in liver cancer cells

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, 15,3418-3432
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00170B, Research Article
Open Access
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Chien Van Tran, Thao Thi Phuong Tran, Anh The Nguyen, Loc Van Tran, Ninh Thi Pham, Luu Thi Nguyen, Dung Thi Nguyen, Michelle D. Garrett, Nga Thi Nguyen, Thao Thi Do, Christopher J. Serpell, Sung Van Tran
Madecassic acid and silybin have been conjoined to produce hybrid compounds with improved and different activity against liver cancer cells.
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Amides of moronic acid and morolic acid with the tripeptides MAG and GAM targeting antimicrobial, antiviral and cytotoxic effects

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00742E, Research Article
Open Access
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Uladzimir Bildziukevich, Lucie Cerna, Jana Trylčová, Marie Kvasnicova, Lucie Rárová, David Šaman, Petra Lovecká, Jan Weber, Zdenek Wimmer
A series of amides of the selected plant triterpenoids, moronic acid and morolic acid, with the tripeptides MAG and GAM was designed and synthesized. Two required tripeptides 5 and 10...
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Miniaturized click chemistry and direct screening facilitate the discovery of triazole piperazine SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors with improved metabolic stability

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00555D, Research Article
Shenghua Gao, Letian Song, Bing Ye, Mianling Yang, Junyi Li, Manyu Gu, Ann E. Tollefson, Karoly Toth, Peng Zhan, Xinyong Liu
The continuous mutational nature of SARS-CoV-2 and its inter-species' similarities emphasize the urgent need to design and develop more direct-acting antiviral agents against highly infectious variants.
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Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of pyrazole–ciprofloxacin hybrids as antibacterial and antibiofilm agents against Staphylococcus aureus

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00623B, Research Article
Ojaswitha Ommi, Priyanka Sudhir Dhopat, Shashikanta Sau, Madhu Rekha Estharla, Srinivas Nanduri, Nitin Pal Kalia, Venkata Madhavi Yaddanapudi
A series of pyrazole–ciprofloxacin hybrids were designed, synthesized, and tested for antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, aiming to combat antibiotic resistance.
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Enhancing the antimycobacterial efficacy of pyridine-4-carbohydrazide: linkage to additional antimicrobial agents via oxocarboxylic acids

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00663A, Research Article
Open Access
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Václav Pflégr, Klára Konečná, Jiřina Stolaříková, Jan Ősterreicher, Ondřej Janďourek, Martin Krátký
Linking pyridine-4-carbohydrazide to other antimicrobial agents via oxocarboxylic acids significantly enhances efficacy against mycobacteria with promising selectivity and safety profiles.
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Urban Primary Health Centre stuck in cramped, temporary facility




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High-level committee formed to facilitate clearances for companies that signed MoU, says Minister

Constant monitoring was being done now from the time of signing of MoUs to providing employment in new industrial units, says Industries Minister T.R.B. Rajaa




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Fishermen seek healthcare and cold storage facilities




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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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As India’s installed solar capacity crosses 90GW, a look at the journey 

Sun-sational growth: In September, India’s installed solar power capacity reached 90,762 MW. Given the current rate of monthly capacity additions, there is little doubt that installed capacity will exceed 100 GW in 2024-25.




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CEA plans 613 GW RE transmission capacity

Higher generation of renewable energy challenges grid stability




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HC tells jail authority to decide plea on lack of facilities for visiting lawyers




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2024 Pacificon Inspires Next Generation of Radio Amateurs




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First International Dairy Federation Asia-Pacific summit in Kochi from June 26 to 28