The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) is looking for a new leader after current chief executive, Ilan Gur, announced his intention to step down. Gur has led the agency since it was launched three years ago.
Aria is…
Category: 6. Chemistry
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India reforms GeM procurement system after scientists criticise quality of research equipment and consumables
The Indian government has announced that it will make sweeping changes to a highly controversial and unpopular procurement policy that covers scientific equipment and consumables.
The Government e Market (GeM), an online portal for…
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Helping remote schools be in their element | Opinion
While visiting schools to talk about the elements during the International Year of the Periodic Table in 2019, Stuart Batten started to wish he’d brought along some samples for students to keep. This wish became the kernel of a much bigger…
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Fatal explosion and fire at Indian pharmaceutical ingredients plant | Business
At least 42 people have died in an explosion and fire at Sigachi Industries’ factory near Hyderabad in southern India on 30 June. The death toll has risen as more victims have been discovered under the debris of the collapsed building. At…
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The single Fe atoms and DDQ catalyst system for the aerobic dehydrogenation of dihydropyridines and dihydroquinazolinones
Rui, J. et al. Directed evolution of nonheme iron enzymes to access abiological radical-relay C (sp3)− H azidation. Sci. 376, 869–874. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj28 (2022).
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ADME of Bromo-DragonFLY as an example of a new psychoactive substance (NPS) – application of in Silico methods for prediction: absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
Prediction of absorption (A)
The molecular characteristics of BromoDragon-FLY were entered into the SwissADME and pkCSM websites, with the additional use of the Percepta software. The structural features of the pharmacophore(s) or toxicophore(s)…
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Magnetic resorcinol-formaldehyde supported-DABCO as an effective and recyclable nanocatalyst
Mondal, K. & Sharma, A. Recent advances in the synthesis and application of photocatalytic metal–metal oxide core–shell nanoparticles for environmental remediation and their recycling process. RSC Adv. 6, 83589–83612 (2016).
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Experimental and theoretical investigation of zwitterionic surfactant adsorption on calcite for enhanced oil recovery
CMC measurement of ZW4
The Critical Micelle Concentration (CMC) is the concentration at which surfactant molecules transition from existing as individual units to forming clusters called micelles. Below the CMC, the surfactant molecules remain…
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g-C3N4-Vitamin B5-Cu@γ-Fe2O3 as a magnetic nano biocomplex photocatalyzed efficient one pot tandem synthesis of benzimidazoles and imines
Catalyst fabrication and structural analysis
γ-Fe2O3 and g-C3N4 were prepared according to previous reports21,24. Combining the g-C3N4 nanoparticles with pentatonic acid through carboxylic acid groups gave g-C3N4-B5 hybrid which is prone to…
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Ag/ZnO nanodots from Artemisia austroyunnanensis as antibacterial and anticancer agents against human neuroblastoma cells
UV-Vis spectroscopy
The UV-Vis spectrum of the biogenic Ag/ZnO nanodots showed two distinct absorption peaks at 332 nm and 446 nm (Fig. 1A). The peak at 332 nm corresponds to the excitonic transition of ZnO, confirming the presence of ZnO…
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