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Floriculture fortune: Gujarat farmers strike gold with marigold

Their fields, and lives, are blooming, thanks to horticulture and improved farming techniques




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The ‘golden fleece’ of Kutch lends sheen to the lives of tribal women

Dheberia embroidery with sheep wool empowers the Rabari pastoral community




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Lo, behold the crater at Lonar!

A facelift is being given to a ‘geological gem’ in Maharashtra, a unique site ‘visited’ by a meteorite 50,000 years ago




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Mercaptoimidazole-capped gold nanoparticles as a potent agent against plant pathogenic fungi

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,10949-10961
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01032A, Paper
Open Access
Tang Xu, Wenshuai Hao, Ran Du, Dai Dai, Cuixia Wang, Suhua Li, Carol Sze Ki Lin, Ruitao Cha, Jianbin Yan, Chong Li
The first evidence that MI-Au NPs prevent plants from fungal infection is presented.
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Metal–organic frameworks: potential synergies with cold atmospheric plasmas for cancer control

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,10770-10785
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB00968A, Review Article
Xiaofeng Dai, Yixuan Yang
MOFs can act as cargo-carriers, nano-enzymes, and magnetic MOFs. CAPs, interacting with cell receptors to generate primary and secondary 1O2, may synergize with MOFs for oncotherapy via acting as cargos, substrates, and magnetic sensing agents.
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Decellularization of caprine forestomach rumen tissue modified with silver nanowires as an antibacterial skin substitute scaffold in wound care therapeutics

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01560F, Paper
Athmana P. A., Asna Jaleel K. I., Sinduja Malarkodi Elangovan, Riza Paul, Naveen Subbaiyan, Parthiban Shanmugam, Gopal Shankar Krishnakumar
Caprine forestomach native collagen (CFNC) modified with silver nanowires (AgNWs) as a new class of biomimetic xenograft for skin regeneration with strong antimicrobial properties.
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3D-printed biomimetic scaffolds loaded with ADSCs and BMP-2 for enhanced rotator cuff repair

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01073F, Paper
Zhonglian Wu, Jian Yang, Hui Chong, Xiaomei Dai, Haidi Sun, Junli Shi, Meijuan Yuan, Dianwei Liu, Mengbo Dang, Hang Yao, Wenyong Fei
The schematic diagram of a 3D-printed biomimetic scaffold applied to tendon–bone interface repair.
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Tuning the affinity of probes with transmembrane proteins by constructing peptide-conjugated cis/trans isomers based on molecular scaffolds

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01801J, Paper
Jing-Jing Hu, Juliang Yang, Yiheng Liu, Guangwen Lu, Zujin Zhao, Fan Xia, Xiaoding Lou
Peptide-conjugated cis/trans isomers were designed. cis-RTP interacts more stably with cell membranes than trans-RTP, and it has shown more excellent properties in inhibiting cell migration and killing cells.
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Effect of supramolecular peptide hydrogel scaffold charge on HepG2 viability and spheroid formation

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01701C, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Yu Xin, Cosimo Ligorio, Marie O’brien, Richard Collins, Siyuan Dong, Aline F. Miller, Alberto Saiani, Julie E. Gough
Understanding how fibre charge in self-assembling peptide hydrogel networks affect HepG2 cell fate and spheroid formation.
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Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering for HSP 70A mRNA Detection in the Live Cells Using Silica Nanoparticles and DNA-Modified Gold Nanoparticles

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01514B, Paper
Ju Eun Cho, Dong-Kwon Lim
Real-time monitoring of mRNA in living cells is crucial for understanding dynamic biological processes. Traditional methods such as northern blotting, PCR, and sequencing require cell lysis and do not allow...
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Bigg Boss 16: Salman Scolds Shalin!

A lot happened over the weekend as Salman Khan graced the Bigg Boss stage and gave Shalin Bhanot a reality check for behaving rudely.




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Hina Gets Bold At Awards Show

It wasn't gold, but black that dominated the red carpet at the Iconic Gold Awards in Mumbai.




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The 12 Year Old Who Won Rs 1 Crore

'I felt very, very good sitting on the hot seat. It's a different feeling altogether.'




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‘Gold Diggers’ and the alchemy of truth

Part immigrant novel, part coming-of-age tale, Sanjena Sathian’s debut marks a shift in the way the Indian American experience is distilled into fiction




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Old is gold in Olympics too

Senior citizens have put up a good show at the Olympic Games




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Quiz on gold

Recently, customs officials at Kannur airport in Kerala seized gold worth ₹15 lakh concealed as paste within the layers of a trouser. This week’s quiz is dedicated to the world’s most popular precious metal





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'I won this at the 'last ever' Golden Globes'

'Once, when I was standing around on the set one day, whining about something -- you know we were gonna work through supper or the long hours or whatever, Tommy Lee Jones said to me, 'Isn't it such a privilege, Meryl, just to be an actor? Yeah, it is, and we have to remind each other of the privilege and the responsibility of the act of empathy. We should all be very proud of the work Hollywood honours here tonight.'





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Golden Globes 2018: Shape Of Water, Dunkirk, Big Little Lies lead nominations

Other nominations include Dunkirk, The Post and I, Tonya.




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Golden Globes 2018: Big Little Lies wins

The 2018 winning list, right here.





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Golden Globes 2018: Did the right films win? VOTE!

Veterans Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks lost out to Frances McDormand and Gary Oldman at the Golden Globes 2018.




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Golden Globes 2018: Is Dakota Johnson the best dressed? VOTE!

The good, the bad and the not so impressive...




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Golden Globes 2018: 10 things that stood out

The 'power of women' resonated all through the evening in the most emphatic fashion.







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Golden Globes 2019: Rami Malek, Glenn Close win

Who won at the Globes? We tell you!






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The RRR Team Arrives At The Golden Globes

The RRR team of SS Rajamouli and his lead actors Ram Charan and NTR Jr have arrived at the 80th Annual Golden Globe awards, held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.




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Golden Globes: Meet The Red Carpet Divas

The 80th Annual Golden Globe awards saw Hollywood's A-set at their glamorous best.




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Golden Globes: Naatu Naatu Wins Best Original Song

A quick look at the winners of the 80th Annual Golden Globe awards.




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Barbie, Oppenheimer Lead Golden Globe Nominations

The nominations for the 81st annual Golden Globes are out, and Barbie and Succession lead the list.




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High Fashion On The Golden Globes Red Carpet

The 81st Annual Golden Globes awards show saw Hollywood's swish set make a dazzling show on the red carpet.




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Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr Win Golden Globes

Here's a quick look at the winners of the 81st Annual Golden Globe awards.




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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering enhancement using a hybrid gold nanoparticles@carbon nanodot substrate for herbicide detection

Analyst, 2024, 149,5277-5286
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00649F, Paper
Open Access
Naghmeh Aboualigaledari, Anitha Jayapalan, Panesun Tukur, Mengxin Liu, Frank Tukur, Yanling Zhang, Gerald Ducatte, Madan Verma, Janet Tarus, Simona E. Hunyadi Murph, Jianjun Wei
Hybrid nanoparticles composed of gold nanoparticles and carbon nanodots provide great signal amplification in SERS detection of herbicide molecules.
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Electrochemical and imaging evaluations of electrochemically activated screen-printed gold electrodes

Analyst, 2024, 149,5401-5410
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00990H, Paper
Nor Dyana Zakaria, Ibrahim Luqman Salih, Hairul Hisham Hamzah, Turgut Sönmez, Muhamad Huzaifah Omar, Noorhashimah Mohamad Nor, Khairunisak Abdul Razak, Venugopal Balakrishnan
The graphic abstract displays the integration of the SPGE measurement system with an electrochemical cell-based 3D printing to evaluate the electrochemical behaviors and 3D images of both unactivated and activated SPGEs.
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A gold nanomaterial-integrated distance-based analytical device for uric acid quantification in human urine samples

Analyst, 2024, 149,5518-5526
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN01139B, Paper
Tapparath Leelasattarathkul, Thithawat Trakoolwilaiwan, Kawin Khachornsakkul
A simple and low-cost distance-based paper analytical device (dPAD) was combined with gold nanomaterials for uric acid quantification.
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Golden Sachin



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DFT rationalization of the mechanism and selectivity in a gold-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of diynones with alcohols

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP01700E, Paper
Guowei Yan, Ji Ma, Simeng Qi, Alexander M. Kirillov, Lizi Yang, Ran Fang
The mechanism, regioselectivity, and chemoselectivity in a gold-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of diynones with alcohols to give furan-3-carboxylate derivatives were explored by density functional theory (DFT).
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Mechanistic Insights into CO2 Activation on Pristine, Vacancy-containing and Doped Goldene: A Single-Atom Layer of Gold

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03087G, Paper
Kamal Kumar, Nora Henriette De Leeuw, Jost Adam, Abhishek Kumar Mishra
Goldene, a one-atom-thick gold sheet, is an emerging graphene-like flat 2-dimensional material. In this study, the geometrical and electronic properties, as well as CO2 adsorption characteristics, of the pristine,...
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Unfolding the beauty of origami

Have you ever found a piece of paper and folded it into something beautiful like a flower or an aeroplane? If so, then you dabbled into the art of paper folding called Origami. From simple cranes to creative geometric stuff, origami is more than paper folding; it combines art, culture and science. Let’s unfold everything about origami!




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Old Mahabalipuram Road, a late-night food haven for the young and old




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Children across India to fold origami paper cranes in memory of Sadako Sasaki

The Cuckoo Movement for Children and the Peace of Paper studio invite children to fold origami paper cranes in memory of Sadako Sasaki, whose death anniversary falls on October 25




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Boldly going to a galaxy far, far away

Treknology and The Physics of Star Wars offer a fascinating and entertaining ride through the science and fiction of these two complimentary franchises, writes Andrew Glester




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Protein misfolding and amyloid nucleation through liquid–liquid phase separation

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS01065A, Review Article
Semanti Mukherjee, Manisha Poudyal, Kritika Dave, Pradeep Kadu, Samir K. Maji
Protein misfolding and amyloid aggregation, linked to neurodegenerative diseases, can result from liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) and a subsequent liquid-to-solid transition. This represents LLPS as a generic mechanism in amyloid nucleation.
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Nanochemistry of gold: from surface engineering to dental healthcare applications

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,3656-3686
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00894K, Review Article
Shuang Zhang, Na Kong, Zezheng Wang, Yangheng Zhang, Can Ni, Lingjun Li, Hongbin Wang, Min Yang, Wenrong Yang, Fuhua Yan
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the latest nanochemistry advancements in the design, synthesis, and utilization of engineered gold nanostructures (GNSs) for dental healthcare applications.
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Australia to hold 2025 F1 season opener instead of Bahrain due to Ramadan

The 24-race season will commence on March 16 in Melbourne and end on Dec. 7 in Abu Dhabi as Formula One celebrates the 75th anniversary of its world championship.