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Engineered enzyme pulls apart PET efficiently

Up to 90% of the popular plastic can be broken into monomers in a matter of hours




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India partially lifts drug export ban on hydroxychloroquine and acetaminophen

Country will now allow exports if domestic needs are met to treat COVID-19




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GSK partners with Vir on COVID-19 therapies and with 3 companies on vaccines




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US EPA won't strengthen particulate matter limit

Chemical industry backs plan to keep current standard




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Quantum computing start-up Seeqc gets backing from Merck KGaA




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Michelin partners with Enviro to recycle tires with pyrolysis




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BASF and Dow see early coronavirus impacts in first-quarter earnings

Manufacturing shutdowns and oil prices were a drag on results




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Pandemic hits first-quarter chemical earnings

Many results are down, and executives with US firms see the impact from COVID-19 growing




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Polyhydroxyalkanoate start-up RWDC raises $135 million




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SRI and Exscientia partner on AI-assisted cancer drug discovery




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Indian smartphone market grows 1.5% in Jan.-March quarter

India only country among top 3 markets to see some growth




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Encyclopedia of cognitive behavior therapy [electronic resource] / Arthur Freeman, editor-in-chief ; editors, Stephanie H. Felgoise [and others]

New York : Springer, [2005]




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Ecografia dell'apparato osteoarticolare [electronic resource] : anatomia, semeiotica e quadri patologici / [di] Fabio Martino [and others]

[Milano] : Springer, 2006




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Echographie de contraste [electronic resource] : methodologie et applications cliniques / Francois Tranquart, Jean-Michel Correas, Ayache Bouakaz

Paris ; Berlin : Springer, 2007




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Echocardiography in adult congenital heart disease [electronic resource] / Wei Li, Michael Henein, and Michael A. Gatzoulis

London : Springer, ©2007




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Diseases of the heart, chest & breast [electronic resource] : diagnostic imaging and interventional techniques / 39th International Diagnostic Course in Davos (IDKD), Davos, March 25-30, 2007, including the Pediatric Satellite Course "Kangaroo&qu

Milan ; New York : Springer, [2007]




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Die doktorarbeit: vom start zum ziel [electronic resource] : lei(d)tfaden für promotionswillige / Barbara Messing, Klaus-Peter Huber

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2007




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Coping with chronic illness and disability [electronic resource] : theoretical, empirical, and clinical aspects / edited by Erin Martz, Hanoch Livneh ; foreword by Beatrice A. Wright

New York : Springer, [2007]




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PwC deferring promotions, increments and bonuses of India employees, partners to take 25% pay cut

PwC India is deferring promotions, increments and bonuses for all its employees in India due to Covid impact.




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Deloitte India announces promotions, promotes 30 directors to partners

With the new announcements, Deloitte’s partner tally crosses 480. The promotions were across the five verticals — audit, tax, consulting, financial services and risk— but audit division saw the maximum number of partner induction (over 10).




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CSS Corp rolls out pay hikes, to hire 1000 people this quarter

The company is planning to hire 1000 employees by the end of June across markets. Companies such as Infosys, Wipro, TCS, WNS and others have delayed pay hikes and put promotions on hold as they see uncertainty over business growth in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak across key markets. CSS Corp has also paid 100% of variable salary to the majority of its employees.




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The effects of water chemistry on the detachment and dissolution of differently stabilized silver nanoparticles from ceramic membranes

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1347-1356
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01141B, Paper
Anne M. Mikelonis, Lewis Stetson Rowles, Desmond F. Lawler
A multilevel statistical model was developed to demonstrate stabilizing agent impact on detachment of silver nanoparticles from ceramic water treatment membranes.
The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry




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Field testing of an onsite sanitation system on apartment building blackwater using biological treatment and electrochemical disinfection

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1400-1411
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01106D, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Siva Kumar Varigala, Meghan Hegarty-Craver, Srinivas Krishnaswamy, Prakash Madhavan, Milan Basil, Praveen Rosario, Antony Raj, Viswa Barani, Clement A. Cid, Sonia Grego, Michael Luettgen
Demonstration of an electrochemical toilet wastewater treatment and disinfection technology at the scale of an apartment building and translation of the system into a commercial product.
The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: Karen Armstrong on the Lost Art of Scripture

Please join us for a National Book Festival Presents event with Karen Armstrong

The event will take place on Wednesday, November 6, in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building. Free tickets are available here.

At a time of intolerance and mutual incomprehension, renowned scholar and TED Prize-winner Karen Armstrong's latest book The Lost Art of Scripture shines fresh light on the world's major religions to help us build bridges between faiths and rediscover a creative and spiritual engagement with holy texts.

Karen Armstrong is the author of numerous books on religious affairs, including The Case for God, A History of God, The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, Buddha, and The Great Transformation, as well as a memoir, The Spiral Staircase. Her work has been translated into forty-five languages. In 2008, she was awarded the TED Prize and began working with TED on the Charter for Compassion, created online by the general public, and crafted by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. The charter was launched globally in the fall of 2009. She is currently an ambassador for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.

The event is free and open to the public; however, tickets are required for entry. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. A ticket does not guarantee entry into the event.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of house management. We recommend arriving when doors open.

Tickets are recommended, but not required, and are free.

Register for a ticket here.

Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: You Are Invited to a Author Salon with Susan Schneider on Artificial Intelligence

Join Us for a Kluge Center Author Salon with Susan Schneider on Artificial Intelligence

Get your free tickets here.

On Thursday January 30, at 4pm in the Montpelier Room of the Madison Building, the John W. Kluge Center will hold a discussion with Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation Susan Schneider.

Schneider will discuss her new book, Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind, which is an exploration of what artificial intelligence can, and cannot, achieve.

Humans may not be Earth’s most intelligent beings for much longer: the world champions of chess, Go, and Jeopardy! are now all AIs. Given the rapid pace of progress in AI, many predict that it could advance to human-level intelligence within the next several decades. From there, it could quickly outpace human intelligence. What do these developments mean for the future of the mind?

In Artificial You, Susan Schneider says that it is inevitable that AI will take intelligence in new directions, but urges that it is up to us to carve out a sensible path forward. As AI technology turns inward, reshaping the brain, as well as outward, potentially creating machine minds, it is crucial to beware. Homo sapiens, as mind designers, will be playing with “tools” they do not understand how to use: the self, the mind, and consciousness. Schneider argues that an insufficient grasp of the nature of these entities could undermine the use of AI and brain enhancement technology, bringing about the demise or suffering of conscious beings. To flourish, we must grasp the philosophical issues lying beneath the algorithms.

Schneider will discuss these topics and more, with a reception to follow.

The event is free, but tickets are recommended. Visit the event ticketing site for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed.

Register for a ticket here.

Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov




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No hike in school fees in academic year 2020-21: Maharashtra Education Department

Giving a big relief to parents during the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis, the Maharashtra Education Department has announced that there will be no hike in school fees in the academic year 2020-21.




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ED attaches part of AJL Mumbai building worth Rs 16.38 cr; charges Moti Lal Vora

A portion of a nine-storey building in Mumbai's tony Bandra area, valued Rs16.38 crore, has been attached by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its money-laundering probe against the Congress-party promoted Associated Journals Limited (AJL).




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Particles, fields, quanta: from quantum mechanics to the standard model of particle physics / Gerhard Ecker

Online Resource




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The reality of time flow: local becoming in modern physics / Richard T.W. Arthur

Online Resource




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Quantum gravity and the functional renormalization group: the road towards asymptotic safety / Martin Reuter, Frank Saueressig

Hayden Library - QC178.R49 2019




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Tensor-valued random fields for continuum physics / Anatoliy Malyarenko (Mälardalens Högskola, Sweden), Martin Ostoja-Starzewski (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Hayden Library - QC793.3.F5 M35 2019




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Practicing the correspondence principle in the old quantum theory: a transformation through implementation / Martin Jähnert

Online Resource




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Nanoparticle design and characterization for catalytic applications in sustainable chemistry / edited by Rafael Luque and Pepijn Prinsen

Online Resource




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Novel trends in rheology VIII: conference date, 30-31 July 2019: location, Zlín, Czech Republic / editors, Martin Zatloukal and Jan Musil

Online Resource




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Handbook of particle detection and imaging / editors, Ivor Fleck, Maxim Titov, Claus Grupen, Irène Buvat

Online Resource




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The hologram: principles and techniques / Martin J. Richardson, John D. Wiltshire

Online Resource




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The hologram: principles and techniques / Martin J. Richardson, John D. Wiltshire

Online Resource




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Holographic quantum matter / Sean A. Hartnoll, Andrew Lucas, and Subir Sachdev

Barker Library - QC173.457.H65 H37 2018




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Particle adhesion: applications and advances / edited by David J. Quesnel, Ronald S. Rimai and Louis H. Sharpe

Online Resource




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Gravitational wave astrophysics: early results from gravitational wave searches and electromagnetic counterparts: proceedings of the 338th symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Baton Rouge, United States, October 16-19, 2017 / edited b

Hayden Library - QC179.I684 2019




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Classical and Quantum Dynamics: From Classical Paths to Path Integrals / Walter Dittrich, Martin Reuter

Online Resource




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Solid state insurrection: how the science of substance made American physics matter / Joseph D. Martin

Barker Library - QC176.M278 2018




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Half-hearted measure

Capital infusion norms for public sector banks are questionable




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Part 1 – Ch09 – The Dhamma Goes Westward

These are the recordings of the complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English and are published in 'The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah', 2011. This was read by Ajahn Amaro during the winter of 2012

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Part 1 – Ch10 – Even One Word is Enough

These are the recordings of the complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English and are published in 'The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah', 2011. This was read by Ajahn Amaro during the winter of 2012

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