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Spring ACS Board and Council Policy Committee actions




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‘Hot' dots for quantum computing

Silicon qubits that operate at less-frigid temperatures promise more powerful computers




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Hydrogen and methane-adsorbing MOF boasts impressive combination of properties

Aluminum-based sorbent with exceptional gas-storage properties may give clean-burning fuels a transportation boost




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Hydrogen- and methane-adsorbing MOF boasts impressive combination of properties

Aluminum-based sorbent with exceptional gas-storage properties may give clean-burning fuels a transportation boost




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Venus has a more complex atmosphere than scientists thought

New information about nitrogen concentrations could change Venusian atmosphere models and influence how we study exoplanets




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Bill Suits dies of COVID-19 complications

ACS volunteer was passionate about mentoring students and helping chemists find jobs




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Lending a machine to combat COVID-19




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‘Hot' dots for quantum computing

Silicon qubits that operate at less frigid temperatures promise more powerful computers




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How ACS local sections are supporting their communities during COVID-19

ACS local sections and members are gathering lab equipment, making chemistry-themed face masks, and more to pitch in during the pandemic




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Silicon-carbonyl complex is stable at room temperature

Electron-rich compound reacts like a transition metal




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What is an allergy sensitizer, and how does a chemical become one?

One researcher now risks death if she enters her former lab building




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BASF launches an e-commerce portal for its polyisobutene business




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Computational researchers pledge openness in COVID-19 studies

Hundreds of researchers commit to sharing data and tools so they can better work together to understand and treat SARS-CoV-2




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Knowde and CheMondis advance chemical e-commerce




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East India Comedy throws a reunion for Swiggy’s `Hope, Not Hunger’ initiative

 East India Comedy’s stand-up comedian threw a reunion in collaboration with the food delivery platform Swiggy for its philanthropic initiative Hope,




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Boom time for cloud services as work comes home

The public cloud industry is set to get a boost as firms across sectors are forced to depend on remote working.




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Reliance Jio’s hand at video-conferencing: Jio Meet app coming soon

Reliance Jio says its “just a few days away” from launching its conferencing app called Jio Meet.




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Aarogya Setu coming on feature phones; to cover the entire country

The Aarogya Setu app, developed by the government, will be expanded to all feature phone users, with the Centre planning to partner with telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone-Idea, who will enable calls to their subscribers, a top official told ET. There are around 550 million feature phone users in the country.




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Increased work hours, action against workers not reporting to duty, among CII’s recommendations to Labour Minister

The CII representatives had a meeting with Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Friday




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Empathy in patient care [electronic resource] : antecedents, development, measurement, and outcomes / Mohammadreza Hojat

New York : Springer, [2007]




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Dynamics of complex interconnected systems [electronic resource] : networks and bioprocesses / edited by Arne T. Skjeltorp and Alexander V. Belushkin

Dordrecht : Springer, [2006]




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Disorders of the respiratory tract [electronic resource] : common challenges in primary care / [edited] by Matthew L. Mintz

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2006]




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Companies must disclose all whistleblower plaints to auditors

The Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (Caro 2020) will be applicable for audit of financial statements of eligible companies for financial years commencing on and after April 1, 2019, and would be applicable to all those companies on which Caro 2016 was applicable.




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No hiring freeze: Companies hunting top talent despite salary, job cuts

More than 200 director-level and above posts were available over the past week, according to Xpheno, a staffing firm that compiles data from job portals, LinkedIn and company sites.




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Eight in 10 Indian companies not currently considering permanent staff layoffs or redundancies: Korn Ferry survey

Given the government’s extensive requests on avoiding laying off employees, the majority of companies have not implemented or are not currently considering permanent staff layoff/redundancies (84%) or temporary layoff/furlough (83% without government subsidy support and 91% leveraging government subsidy).




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One in three Indian professionals now have decreased income: LinkedIn survey

IT, media, and manufacturing employees think their firms will do worse in the next 6 months. However, they’re confident about long-term growth - 77% of manufacturing professionals, 67% of media professionals, and 65% of IT professionals thought their companies would pick up in the next 2 years.




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Hiring activity sees decline of 62% in April 2020 compared to April 2019: Naukri JobSpeak

The decline in hiring is led by industries like hotel/restaurant/travel/airlines (-91%), auto/ancillary (-82%), retail (-77%) and accounting/finance (-70%). The job market across cities registered a double-digit dip in hiring. The decline was led by metros wherein Delhi declined by 70% followed by Chennai (-62%), Kolkata (-60%) and Mumbai (-60%).




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Effect of antimicrobial washout from anaerobic digesters on microbial community composition

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00094A, Paper
Anthony D. Kappell, Daniel E. Carey, Daniel H. Zitomer, Patrick J. McNamara
Differences in abundance of genera key to methanogenesis and anaerobic digestion persist after antimicrobial washout.
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Balancing water quality and flows in combined sewer systems using real-time control

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1357-1369
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00882A, Paper
Sara C. Troutman, Nancy G. Love, Branko Kerkez
An open-source control algorithm for combined sewers demonstrates how treatment plant benefits can be balanced with operation of the collection system.
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Bacterial community structure correlates with Legionella pneumophila colonization of New York City high rise building premises plumbing systems

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1324-1335
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01084J, Paper
Xiao Ma, David Pierre, Kyle Bibby, Janet E. Stout
Several bacterial taxa were found enriched in L. pneumophila culture positive water samples, demonstrating a potential association between Legionella colonization and the premises plumbing bacterial community.
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Influence of activated carbon on performance and microbial communities in the treatment of solvent pollutant mixtures in a continuous stirred tank reactor

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1445-1455
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00096E, Paper
Pablo Ferrero, Marta Izquierdo, Francisco Javier Álvarez-Hornos, Josep Manuel Penya-Roja, Vicente Martínez-Soria
Granular activated carbon addition could promote specific microorganisms which favour the anaerobic removal of non-readily biodegradable solvent compounds through their influence on the degradation (methanogenesis) of intermediates.
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Synthesis of a flower-like MoS2/carbon nanocomposite with enhanced adsorption performance toward Eu(III): the cooperative effects between S atoms and carboxyl groups

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1482-1494
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00155D, Paper
Chaofeng Zhao, Pengcheng Gu, Xuewei Liu, Tao Wen, Yuejie Ai
Combining experimental studies and theoretical calculations to investigate the performance and mechanism of a MoS2/carbon composite for the effective elimination of Eu(III) from wastewater.
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Editorial Perspectives: 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): what is its fate in urban water cycle and how can the water research community respond?

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1213-1216
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW90015J, Editorial
Vincenzo Naddeo, Haizhou Liu
Vincenzo Naddeo and Haizhou Liu present an ‘Editorial Perspective’ on coronavirus in wastewater and discuss the water research needs to combat viral outbreaks.
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Insight into ferrihydrite effects on methanogenesis in UASB reactors treating high sulfate wastewater: reactor performance and microbial community

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00154F, Paper
Zhen Jin, Zhiqiang Zhao, Yaobin Zhang
Ferrihydrite supplemented to establish DIET between iron-reducing bacteria and methanogens with Fe oxides in anaerobic digestion.
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Emerging investigator series: activated sludge upon antibiotic shock loading: mechanistic description of functional stability and microbial community dynamics

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1262-1271
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00069H, Paper
Seungdae Oh, Donggeon Choi
Elucidating the functional stability upon environmental stressors is of great practical importance for managing the system performance of various environmental biological processes (e.g., activated sludge).
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Gurugram school boy commits suicide after girl levels allegations on him on Instagram

The 17-year-old boy committed suicide in Gurugram`s upscale building after a girl made serious allegations against him on Instagram.




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Ram Janambhoomi Teertha Kshetra put under section 80G; donations to trust exempted from income tax

The Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has been created for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The 15-member trust was constituted by the Modi government, after the Supreme Court's verdict on November 9 settled the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case.




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Excise duty on liquor increased by 25%: Assam Industries and Commerce Minister

The Assam government has taken several crucial decisions in its Cabinet meeting including increasing the excise duty on liquor by 25 percent."In the Cabinet, we took several decisions which included increasing the excise duty on liquor by 25 percent.




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Man commits suicide after killing wife, minor son in Bikaner

The incident occurred in the Jasrasar police station area, where the man, identified as Suresh, allegedly thrashed his wife Suman (35) and an 11-year-old son in a fit of rage over some issue on Friday night.




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A Companion to Adorno


 

A definitive contribution to scholarship on Adorno, bringing together the foremost experts in the field

As one of the leading continental philosophers of the last century, and one of the pioneering members of the Frankfurt School, Theodor W. Adorno is the author of numerous influential—and at times quite radical—works on diverse topics in aesthetics, social theory, moral philosophy, and the history of modern philosophy, all of which concern the contradictions



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Companion to Women's and Gender Studies


 

A comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of Women's and Gender Studies, featuring original contributions from leading experts from around the world

The Companion to Women's and Gender Studies is a comprehensive resource for students and scholars alike, exploring the central concepts, theories, themes, debates, and events in this dynamic field. Contributions from leading scholars and researchers cover a wide range of topics while providing



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

Online Resource




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Topological Orders with Spins and Fermions: Quantum Phases and Computation.

Online Resource




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Diffraction optics of complex-structured periodic media: localized optical modes of spiral media / V.A. Belyakov

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Applied Physics of Condensed Matter (APCOM 2019): conference date, 19-21 June 2019: location, Strbske Pleso, Slovak Republic / editors, Jozef Sitek, Ján Vajda and Igor Jamnický

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Birthplace of the atomic bomb: a complete history of the Trinity Test Site / William S. Loring

Hayden Library - QC773.3.U5 L66 2019




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Mathematics of quantum computing: an introduction / Wolfgang Scherer

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Electrons in solids: mesoscopics, photonics, quantum computing, correlations, topology / Hendrik Bluhm, Thomas Brückel, Markus Morgenstern, Gero Plessen, Christoph Stampfer

Hayden Library - QC176.8.E4 B58 2019




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A Compendium of Solid State Theory Ladislaus Alexander Bányai

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Group theory of chemical elements: structure and properties of elements and compounds / Abram I. Fet ; [translator Vladimir Slepkov]

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