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Copper Cytotoxicity: Cellular Casualties of Noncognate Coordination Chemistry (2022)
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O’Hern, C. I., & Djoko, K. Y. (2022). Copper Cytotoxicity: Cellular Casualties of Noncognate Coordination Chemistry. mBio, 13(3), e00434-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00434-22

Copper (Cu) is an essential micronutrient for cells, but in excess it is cytotoxic. How Cu is cytotoxic is the subject of recent work by L. Zuily, N. Lahrach, R. Fassler, O. Genest, et al. (mBio 13:e03251-21, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03251-... Read More about Copper Cytotoxicity: Cellular Casualties of Noncognate Coordination Chemistry.

Quaternary Collision-Zone Magmatism of the Greater Caucasus (2022)
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Bewick, S., Parkinson, I. J., Harris, N., Adamia, S., Sadradze, N., Allen, M. B., & Hammond, S. (2022). Quaternary Collision-Zone Magmatism of the Greater Caucasus. Journal of Petrology, 63(5), https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egac037

The Greater Caucasus mountains (Cavcasioni) mark the northern margin of the Arabia–Eurasia collision zone. Magmatism in the central part of the Greater Caucasus began in the Pleistocene, up to ~25 Myr after initial collision. This paper presents bulk... Read More about Quaternary Collision-Zone Magmatism of the Greater Caucasus.

Metalation calculators for E. coli strain JM109 (DE3): Aerobic, anaerobic and hydrogen peroxide exposed cells cultured in LB media (2022)
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Foster, A. W., Clough, S. E., Aki, Z., Young, T. R., Clarke, A. R., & Robinson, N. J. (2022). Metalation calculators for E. coli strain JM109 (DE3): Aerobic, anaerobic and hydrogen peroxide exposed cells cultured in LB media. Metallomics, 14(9), https://doi.org/10.1093/mtomcs/mfac058

Three Web-based calculators, and three analogous spreadsheets, have been generated that predict in vivo metal occupancies of proteins based on known metal affinities. The calculations exploit estimates of the availabilities of the labile buffered poo... Read More about Metalation calculators for E. coli strain JM109 (DE3): Aerobic, anaerobic and hydrogen peroxide exposed cells cultured in LB media.

DFT Exchange: Sharing Perspectives on the Workhorse of Quantum Chemistry and Materials Science (2022)
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Teale, A. M., Helgaker, T., Savin, A., Adano, C., Aradi, B., Arbuznikov, A. V., …Yang, W. (2022). DFT Exchange: Sharing Perspectives on the Workhorse of Quantum Chemistry and Materials Science. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(47), 28700-28781. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp02827a

In this paper, the history, present status, and future of density-functional theory (DFT) is informally reviewed and discussed by 70 workers in the field, including molecular scientists, materials scientists, method developers and practitioners. The... Read More about DFT Exchange: Sharing Perspectives on the Workhorse of Quantum Chemistry and Materials Science.

Simultaneous enhancement of thermally activated delayed fluorescence and photoluminescence quantum yield via homoconjugation (2022)
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Montanaro, S., Pander, P., Mistry, J., Elsegood, M. R., Teat, S. J., Bond, A. D., …Etherington, M. K. (2022). Simultaneous enhancement of thermally activated delayed fluorescence and photoluminescence quantum yield via homoconjugation. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 10(16), 6306-6313. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tc00460g

A critical challenge facing thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) is to facilitate rapid and efficient electronic transitions while ensuring a narrow singlet–triplet energy gap (ΔEST) in a single luminophore. We present a TADF-active iptyce... Read More about Simultaneous enhancement of thermally activated delayed fluorescence and photoluminescence quantum yield via homoconjugation.

Near-Infrared Circularly Polarised Luminescence from Helically Extended Chiral N,N,O,O -Boron Chelated Dipyrromethenes (2022)
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Algoazy, N., Clarke, R. G., Penfold, T. J., Waddell, P. G., Probert, M. R., Aerts, R., …Knight, J. G. (2022). Near-Infrared Circularly Polarised Luminescence from Helically Extended Chiral N,N,O,O -Boron Chelated Dipyrromethenes. ChemPhotoChem, 6(9), Article e202200090. https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202200090

Synthetically straightforward π-extension of helically chiral N,N,O,O-boron chelated borondipyrromethenes (BODIPYs) has been achieved by incorporation of naphthyl rings into the BODIPY 3- and 5-positions. The effect of this extension on the photophys... Read More about Near-Infrared Circularly Polarised Luminescence from Helically Extended Chiral N,N,O,O -Boron Chelated Dipyrromethenes.

Inconsistent Language Use in Online Resources Explaining the Mole Has Implications for Students’ Understanding (2022)
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Rees, S. W., & Bruce, M. (2022). Inconsistent Language Use in Online Resources Explaining the Mole Has Implications for Students’ Understanding. Journal of Chemical Education, 99(7), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00199

The quantity amount of substance (symbol “n”) and its SI unit, the mole (symbol “mol”), are unfamiliar to novice chemistry students. Developing a good understanding of this quantity and its unit has previously been demonstrated to be problematic. In... Read More about Inconsistent Language Use in Online Resources Explaining the Mole Has Implications for Students’ Understanding.

The Pink Box: Exclusive Homochiral Aromatic Stacking in a Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle (2022)
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Penty, S. E., Zwijnenburg, M. A., Orton, G. R., Stachelek, P., Pal, R., Xie, Y., …Barendt, T. A. (2022). The Pink Box: Exclusive Homochiral Aromatic Stacking in a Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(27), 12290-12298. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c03531

This work showcases chiral complementarity in aromatic stacking interactions as an effective tool to optimize the chiroptical and electrochemical properties of perylene diimides (PDIs). PDIs are a notable class of robust dye molecules and their rich... Read More about The Pink Box: Exclusive Homochiral Aromatic Stacking in a Bis-perylene Diimide Macrocycle.

Novel Easy to Synthesize Benzonitrile Compounds with Mixed Carbazole and Phenoxazine Substituents Exhibiting Dual Emission and TADF Properties (2022)
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Maggiore, A., Qu, Y., Guillot, R., Pander, P., Vasylieva, M., Data, P., …Miomandre, F. (2022). Novel Easy to Synthesize Benzonitrile Compounds with Mixed Carbazole and Phenoxazine Substituents Exhibiting Dual Emission and TADF Properties. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry), 126(14), 2740-2753. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c00219

The photophysical and electrochemical properties of a new class of fluorinated benzonitrile compounds substituted with mixed phenoxazine and carbazole units have been investigated. When absorbing in a large range of the UV–vis spectrum due to both lo... Read More about Novel Easy to Synthesize Benzonitrile Compounds with Mixed Carbazole and Phenoxazine Substituents Exhibiting Dual Emission and TADF Properties.

6-Chloro-3H-benzo[d][1,2,3]dithiazol-2-ium Chloride (2022)
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Nicholls, A. J., & Baxendale, I. R. (2022). 6-Chloro-3H-benzo[d][1,2,3]dithiazol-2-ium Chloride. Molbank, 2022(1), Article M1339. https://doi.org/10.3390/m1339

This short note describes the synthesis of an amorphous benzo[1,2,3]dithiazole chloride salt (commonly known as a ‘Herz salt’) by use of the Herz reaction. Hetero- and homolytic transformations of this species to a variety of useful adducts in medici... Read More about 6-Chloro-3H-benzo[d][1,2,3]dithiazol-2-ium Chloride.

The detailed chemical abundance patterns of accreted halo stars from the optical to infrared (2022)
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Carrillo, A., Hawkins, K., Jofré, P., de Brito Silva, D., Das, P., & Lucey, M. (2022). The detailed chemical abundance patterns of accreted halo stars from the optical to infrared. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(2), 1557-1580. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac518

Understanding the assembly of our Galaxy requires us to also characterize the systems that helped build it. In this work, we accomplish this by exploring the chemistry of accreted halo stars from Gaia-Enceladus/Gaia-Sausage (GES) selected in the infr... Read More about The detailed chemical abundance patterns of accreted halo stars from the optical to infrared.

The challenges posed by global broadacre crops in delivering smart agri-robotic solutions: A fundamental rethink is required (2019)
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Grieve, B. D., Duckett, T., Collison, M., Boyd, L., West, J., Yin, H., …Pearson, S. (2019). The challenges posed by global broadacre crops in delivering smart agri-robotic solutions: A fundamental rethink is required. Global Food Security, 23, 116-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.04.011

Threats to global food security from multiple sources, such as population growth, ageing farming populations, meat consumption trends, climate-change effects on abiotic and biotic stresses, the environmental impacts of agriculture are well publicised... Read More about The challenges posed by global broadacre crops in delivering smart agri-robotic solutions: A fundamental rethink is required.

Lanthanide luminescence from supramolecular hydrogels consisting of bio-conjugated picolinic-acid-based guanosine quadruplexes (2022)
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Kotova, O., O’Reilly, C., Barwich, S. T., Mackenzie, L. E., Lynes, A. D., Savyasachi, A. J., …Gunnlaugsson, T. (2022). Lanthanide luminescence from supramolecular hydrogels consisting of bio-conjugated picolinic-acid-based guanosine quadruplexes. Chem, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2022.01.015

The formation of bio-inspired healable lanthanide luminescent hydrogels is detailed. These materials are composed of K(I)-stabilized guanosine quadruplexes (G4) that were bio-conjugated to mannose-derived picolinic acid ligand 1 using boric acid chem... Read More about Lanthanide luminescence from supramolecular hydrogels consisting of bio-conjugated picolinic-acid-based guanosine quadruplexes.

The role of sex hormones on bone mineral density, marrow adiposity, and muscle adiposity in middle-aged and older men (2022)
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Xu, L., Zhao, Q., Li, K., Zhang, Y., Wang, C., Hind, K., …Cheng, X. (2022). The role of sex hormones on bone mineral density, marrow adiposity, and muscle adiposity in middle-aged and older men. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, Article 817418. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.817418

Purpose: The etiology of age-related bone loss is less clear in men. This study is aimed to observe the variations of endogenous sex hormone concentrations with increasing of age in men, and investigate their relations to bone mass, marrow adiposity,... Read More about The role of sex hormones on bone mineral density, marrow adiposity, and muscle adiposity in middle-aged and older men.

Photochemistry of the pyruvate anion produces CO2, CO, CH3–, CH3, and a low energy electron (2022)
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Clarke, C. J., Gibbard, J. A., Hutton, L., Verlet, J. R., & Curchod, B. F. (2022). Photochemistry of the pyruvate anion produces CO2, CO, CH3–, CH3, and a low energy electron. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 937. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28582-4

The photochemistry of pyruvic acid has attracted much scientific interest because it is believed to play critical roles in atmospheric chemistry. However, under most atmospherically relevant conditions, pyruvic acid deprotonates to form its conjugate... Read More about Photochemistry of the pyruvate anion produces CO2, CO, CH3–, CH3, and a low energy electron.

CNS-Sparing Histamine H3 Receptor Antagonist as a Candidate to Prevent the Diabetes-Associated Gastrointestinal Symptoms (2022)
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Rosa, A. C., Nardini, P., Sgambellone, S., Gurrieri, M., Spampinato, S. F., Dell’Accio, A., …Pini, A. (2022). CNS-Sparing Histamine H3 Receptor Antagonist as a Candidate to Prevent the Diabetes-Associated Gastrointestinal Symptoms. Biomolecules, 12(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12020184

Among the histamine receptors, growing evidence points to the histamine H3 receptor as a pharmacological candidate to counteract the autonomic neuropathy associated with diabetes. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of PF00868087 (also known as ZP... Read More about CNS-Sparing Histamine H3 Receptor Antagonist as a Candidate to Prevent the Diabetes-Associated Gastrointestinal Symptoms.

Revealing the invisible dead: integrated bio-geoarchaeological profiling exposes human and animal remains in a seemingly ‘empty’ Viking-Age burial (2022)
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Sulas, F., Schifter Bagge, M., Enevold, R., Harrault, L., Kristiansen, S. M., Ljungberg, T., …Sindbæk, S. M. (2022). Revealing the invisible dead: integrated bio-geoarchaeological profiling exposes human and animal remains in a seemingly ‘empty’ Viking-Age burial. Journal of Archaeological Science, 141, Article 105589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2022.105589

Recent investigations of an apparently ‘empty,’ partly disturbed Viking chamber grave in Denmark (Fregerslev II, dated around the mid-10th century CE) provided an opportunity to develop a novel multi-scale and multi-method analysis of burial and post... Read More about Revealing the invisible dead: integrated bio-geoarchaeological profiling exposes human and animal remains in a seemingly ‘empty’ Viking-Age burial.

A Hückel Model for the Excited-State Dynamics of a Protein Chromophore Developed Using Photoelectron Imaging (2022)
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Anstöter, C. S., & Verlet, J. R. (2022). A Hückel Model for the Excited-State Dynamics of a Protein Chromophore Developed Using Photoelectron Imaging. Accounts of Chemical Research, 55(9), 1205-1213. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00780

Chemistry can be described as the movement of nuclei within molecules and the concomitant instantaneous change in electronic structure. This idea underpins the central chemical concepts of potential energy surfaces and reaction coordinates. To experi... Read More about A Hückel Model for the Excited-State Dynamics of a Protein Chromophore Developed Using Photoelectron Imaging.

Perfluoroaryl and Perfluoroheteroaryl Reagents as Emerging New Tools for Peptide Synthesis, Modification and Bioconjugation (2021)
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Brittain, W. D., & Coxon, C. R. (2022). Perfluoroaryl and Perfluoroheteroaryl Reagents as Emerging New Tools for Peptide Synthesis, Modification and Bioconjugation. Chemistry - A European Journal, 28(7), 10-23. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103305

Perfluoroaromatic and perfluoroheteroaromatic reagents have emerged in recent years as powerful reagents for peptide and protein modification. Dominated by their regio- and chemoselective nucleophilic aromatic substitution chemistry under mild condit... Read More about Perfluoroaryl and Perfluoroheteroaryl Reagents as Emerging New Tools for Peptide Synthesis, Modification and Bioconjugation.

Calculating Photoabsorption Cross-Sections for Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds (2021)
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Prlj, A., Marsili, E., Hutton, L., Hollas, D., Shchepanovska, D., Glowacki, D. R., …Curchod, B. F. (2022). Calculating Photoabsorption Cross-Sections for Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 6(1), 207-217. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00355

Characterizing the photochemical reactivity of transient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in our atmosphere begins with a proper understanding of their abilities to absorb sunlight. Unfortunately, the photoabsorption cross-sections for a large numbe... Read More about Calculating Photoabsorption Cross-Sections for Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds.

A photochemical reaction in different theoretical representations (2022)
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Ibele, L. M., Curchod, B. F., & Agostini, F. (2022). A photochemical reaction in different theoretical representations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 126(7), 1263-1281. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.1c09604

The Born–Oppenheimer picture has forged our representation and interpretation of photochemical processes, from photoexcitation down to the passage through a conical intersection, a funnel connecting different electronic states. In this work, we analy... Read More about A photochemical reaction in different theoretical representations.

Melting of the Chhota Shigri Glacier, Western Himalaya, Insensitive to Anthropogenic Emission Residues: Insights From Geochemical Evidence (2021)
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Nizam, S., Sen, I. S., Shukla, T., & Selby, D. (2021). Melting of the Chhota Shigri Glacier, Western Himalaya, Insensitive to Anthropogenic Emission Residues: Insights From Geochemical Evidence. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(19), Article e2021GL092801. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021gl092801

Himalayan glaciers are invariably covered by supra-glacial debris. Of these glaciers, the Chhota Shigri Glacier (CSG) in the western Himalaya has minimal debris cover (3.4%), yet has a comparable melt rate to other Himalayan glaciers. Utilizing osmiu... Read More about Melting of the Chhota Shigri Glacier, Western Himalaya, Insensitive to Anthropogenic Emission Residues: Insights From Geochemical Evidence.

A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries (2021)
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Gambacorta, G., Sharley, J. S., & Baxendale, I. R. (2021). A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 17, 1181-1312. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.17.90

Due to their intrinsic physical properties, which includes being able to perform as volatile liquids at room and biological temperatures, fragrance ingredients/intermediates make ideal candidates for continuous-flow manufacturing. This review highlig... Read More about A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries.

Thallium Isotopic Compositions in Hawaiian Lavas: Evidence for Recycled Materials on the Kea Side of the Hawaiian Mantle Plume (2021)
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Williamson, N. M., Weis, D., & Prytulak, J. (2021). Thallium Isotopic Compositions in Hawaiian Lavas: Evidence for Recycled Materials on the Kea Side of the Hawaiian Mantle Plume. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22(9), Article e2021GC009765. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021gc009765

Hawaiian volcanoes record 6 Ma of potentially deep mantle chemistry and form two parallel volcanic chains that are geochemically unique, named Loa and Kea. Loa volcanoes erupt lavas with isotopically enriched compositions thought to reflect the prese... Read More about Thallium Isotopic Compositions in Hawaiian Lavas: Evidence for Recycled Materials on the Kea Side of the Hawaiian Mantle Plume.

Middle-Late Jurassic magmatism in the west central Lhasa subterrane, Tibet: Petrology, zircon chronology, elemental and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf-Mg isotopic geochemistry (2021)
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Tong, X., Yan, J., Zhao, Z., Niu, Y., Qi, N., Shi, Q., …Zhu, D. (2022). Middle-Late Jurassic magmatism in the west central Lhasa subterrane, Tibet: Petrology, zircon chronology, elemental and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf-Mg isotopic geochemistry. Lithos, 408-409, Article 106549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106549

Mesozoic magmatic rocks are widespread in the Lhasa terrane, but most of them are of cretaceous age. Because Jurassic rocks are relatively rare and our knowledge on such earlier magmatism in the context of the tectonic setting and evolution is limite... Read More about Middle-Late Jurassic magmatism in the west central Lhasa subterrane, Tibet: Petrology, zircon chronology, elemental and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf-Mg isotopic geochemistry.

Benthic-pelagic coupling in the Barents Sea: an integrated data-model framework (2020)
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Freitas, F. S., Hendry, K. R., Henley, S. F., Faust, J. C., Tessin, A. C., Stevenson, M. A., …Arndt, S. (2020). Benthic-pelagic coupling in the Barents Sea: an integrated data-model framework. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 378(2181), Article 20190359. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0359

The Barents Sea is experiencing long-term climate-driven changes, e.g. modification in oceanographic conditions and extensive sea ice loss, which can lead to large, yet unquantified disruptions to ecosystem functioning. This key region hosts a large... Read More about Benthic-pelagic coupling in the Barents Sea: an integrated data-model framework.

Protoliths and metamorphism of the central Himalayan eclogites: Zircon/titanite U–Pb geochronology, Hf isotope and geochemistry (2021)
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Dong, X., Zhang, Z., Tian, Z., Niu, Y., & Zhang, L. (2022). Protoliths and metamorphism of the central Himalayan eclogites: Zircon/titanite U–Pb geochronology, Hf isotope and geochemistry. Gondwana Research, 104, 39-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2021.10.014

The high-pressure (HP) eclogites in the central Himalaya provide insights into the metamorphism and exhumation history of crustal material beneath the Tibetan plateau. Due to the paucity of exposure, the nature and timing of the protolith and metamor... Read More about Protoliths and metamorphism of the central Himalayan eclogites: Zircon/titanite U–Pb geochronology, Hf isotope and geochemistry.

The late Holocene record of Lake Mareotis, Nile Delta, Egypt (2021)
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Flaux, C., Giaime, M., Pichot, V., Marriner, N., el-Assal, M., Guihou, A., …Morhange, C. (2021). The late Holocene record of Lake Mareotis, Nile Delta, Egypt. E&G - Quaternary Science Journal, 70(1), https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-70-93-2021

Lake Maryut (northwestern Nile Delta, Egypt) was a key feature of Alexandria's hinterland and economy during Greco-Roman times. Its shores accommodated major economic centers, and the lake acted as a gateway between the Nile valley and the Mediterran... Read More about The late Holocene record of Lake Mareotis, Nile Delta, Egypt.

Petrography and Mineral Chemistry of Monte Epomeo Green Tuff, Ischia Island, South Italy: Constraints for Identification of the Y-7 Tephrostratigraphic Marker in Distal Sequences of the Central Mediterranean (2021)
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D'Antonio, M., Arienzo, I., Brown, R. J., Petrosino, P., Pelullo, C., & Giaccio, B. (2021). Petrography and Mineral Chemistry of Monte Epomeo Green Tuff, Ischia Island, South Italy: Constraints for Identification of the Y-7 Tephrostratigraphic Marker in Distal Sequences of the Central Mediterranean. Minerals, 11(9), Article 955. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11090955

The 56 ka Monte Epomeo Green Tuff (MEGT) resulted from the largest volume explosive eruption from Ischia island (south Italy). Its tephra is one of the main stratigraphic markers of the central Mediterranean area. Despite its importance, a detailed c... Read More about Petrography and Mineral Chemistry of Monte Epomeo Green Tuff, Ischia Island, South Italy: Constraints for Identification of the Y-7 Tephrostratigraphic Marker in Distal Sequences of the Central Mediterranean.

Origins of olivine in Earth’s youngest kimberlite: Igwisi Hills volcanoes, Tanzania craton (2021)
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Shaikh, A. M., Tappe, S., Bussweiler, Y., Vollmer, C., Brown, R. J., & EIMF. (2021). Origins of olivine in Earth’s youngest kimberlite: Igwisi Hills volcanoes, Tanzania craton. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 176(8), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-021-01816-2

Monomineralic millimeter-sized olivine nodules are common in kimberlites worldwide. It is generally thought that such ‘dunitic nodules’ originate from the base of the cratonic lithosphere and that their formation marks the onset of deep-rooted kimber... Read More about Origins of olivine in Earth’s youngest kimberlite: Igwisi Hills volcanoes, Tanzania craton.

Regional chronostratigraphic synthesis of the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) interval, Western Interior Basin (USA): New Re-Os chemostratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology (2020)
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Jones, M. M., Sageman, B. B., Selby, D., Jicha, B. R., Singer, B. S., & Titus, A. L. (2021). Regional chronostratigraphic synthesis of the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) interval, Western Interior Basin (USA): New Re-Os chemostratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. GSA Bulletin, 133(5-6), 1090-1104. https://doi.org/10.1130/b35594.1

Fluctuations in depositional conditions during the onset of severe climate events in Earth history predispose stratigraphic archives to hiatuses, often hindering complete reconstructions of paleoclimate events and their triggers. Several studies have... Read More about Regional chronostratigraphic synthesis of the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) interval, Western Interior Basin (USA): New Re-Os chemostratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology.

Shallow magmatic processes revealed by cryptic microantecrysts: a case study from the Taupo Volcanic Zone (2021)
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Lormand, C., Zellmer, G., Sakamoto, N., Ubide, T., Kilgour, G., Yurimoto, H., …Moebis, A. (2021). Shallow magmatic processes revealed by cryptic microantecrysts: a case study from the Taupo Volcanic Zone. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 176, Article 97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-021-01857-7

Arc magmas typically contain phenocrysts with complex zoning and diverse growth histories. Microlites highlight the same level of intracrystalline variations but require nanoscale resolution which is globally less available. The southern Taupo Volcan... Read More about Shallow magmatic processes revealed by cryptic microantecrysts: a case study from the Taupo Volcanic Zone.

Gender Differences of Dementia in Response to Intensive Self-Administered Transcranial and Intraocular Near-Infrared Stimulation (2021)
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Qi, X., Nizamutdinov, D., Berman, M. H., Dougal, G., Chazot, P. L., Wu, E., …Huang, J. H. (2021). Gender Differences of Dementia in Response to Intensive Self-Administered Transcranial and Intraocular Near-Infrared Stimulation. Curēus, 13(7), Article e16188. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16188

Background Transcranial near-infrared (tNIR) stimulation was proven to be a safe, reliable, and effective treatment for cognitive and behavioral symptoms of dementia. Dementia patients of different genders differ in terms of gross anatomy, biochemist... Read More about Gender Differences of Dementia in Response to Intensive Self-Administered Transcranial and Intraocular Near-Infrared Stimulation.

Fractionation of rhenium isotopes in the Mackenzie River basin during oxidative weathering (2021)
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Dellinger, M., Hilton, R. G., & Nowell, G. M. (2021). Fractionation of rhenium isotopes in the Mackenzie River basin during oxidative weathering. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 573, Article 117131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117131

Rhenium (Re) is a trace element whose redox chemistry makes it an ideal candidate to trace a range of geochemical processes. Here, we report the first rhenium isotopic measurements (Re) from river-borne materials to assess the influence of chemical w... Read More about Fractionation of rhenium isotopes in the Mackenzie River basin during oxidative weathering.

Isotopic Compositions of Plagioclase From Plutonic Xenoliths Reveal Crustal Assimilation Below Martinique, Lesser Antilles Arc (2021)
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Brown, J., Cooper, G., Nowell, G., Macpherson, C., Neill, I., & Prytulak, J. (2021). Isotopic Compositions of Plagioclase From Plutonic Xenoliths Reveal Crustal Assimilation Below Martinique, Lesser Antilles Arc. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, Article 682583. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.682583

The chemical and isotopic compositions of volcanic arc lavas often show evidence for involvement of a sedimentary component during magma genesis. Determining where this sedimentary component is added to arc magmas is of vital importance for constrain... Read More about Isotopic Compositions of Plagioclase From Plutonic Xenoliths Reveal Crustal Assimilation Below Martinique, Lesser Antilles Arc.

Slow Ascent of Unusually Hot Intermediate Magmas Triggering Strombolian to Sub-Plinian Eruptions (2020)
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Lormand, C., Zellmer, G., Kilgour, G., Nemeth, K., Palmer, A., Sakamoto, N., …Moebis, A. (2020). Slow Ascent of Unusually Hot Intermediate Magmas Triggering Strombolian to Sub-Plinian Eruptions. Journal of Petrology, 61(10), https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egaa077

To assess whether magma ascent rates control the style of volcanic eruption, we have studied the petrography, geochemistry and size distribution of microlites of plagioclase and pyroxene from historical eruptions from Tongariro, Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe... Read More about Slow Ascent of Unusually Hot Intermediate Magmas Triggering Strombolian to Sub-Plinian Eruptions.

Karstified and fractured Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) limestones of the UK; a cryptic geothermal reservoir (2021)
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Narayan, N., Adams, C., & Gluyas, J. (2021). Karstified and fractured Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) limestones of the UK; a cryptic geothermal reservoir. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften - Journal of Applied and Regional Geology, 172(3), 251-265. https://doi.org/10.1127/zdgg/2021/0288

Karstified and fractured Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) limestones of the UK have been evaluated for their geothermal potential. This wholly undeveloped resource is calculated to be in excess of 26 million GWh (95 EJ) for the P90 case and as muc... Read More about Karstified and fractured Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) limestones of the UK; a cryptic geothermal reservoir.

An iron isotope perspective on back-arc basin development: Messages from Mariana Trough basalts (2021)
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Chen, Y., Niu, Y., Xue, Q., Gao, Y., & Castillo, P. (2021). An iron isotope perspective on back-arc basin development: Messages from Mariana Trough basalts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 572, Article 117133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117133

The geology and magmatism of the northern Mariana Trough (NMT) represent a type example for the development of a back-arc basin (BAB). It is a mature spreading center in the south and propagating northward via rifting of arc and rear arc lithosphere... Read More about An iron isotope perspective on back-arc basin development: Messages from Mariana Trough basalts.

Bone Morphogenetic Protein Antagonist Gremlin-1 Increases Myofibroblast Transition in Dermal Fibroblasts: Implications for Systemic Sclerosis (2021)
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Duffy, L., Henderson, J., Brown, M., Pryzborski, S., Fullard, N., Summa, L., …O’Reilly, S. (2021). Bone Morphogenetic Protein Antagonist Gremlin-1 Increases Myofibroblast Transition in Dermal Fibroblasts: Implications for Systemic Sclerosis. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9, Article 681061. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.681061

Objective: Systemic Sclerosis is an autoimmune connective tissue disease which results in fibrosis of the skin and lungs. The disease is characterized by activation of myofibroblasts but what governs this is unknown. Gremlin-1 is a BMP antagonist tha... Read More about Bone Morphogenetic Protein Antagonist Gremlin-1 Increases Myofibroblast Transition in Dermal Fibroblasts: Implications for Systemic Sclerosis.

Click chemistry decoration of amino sterols as promising strategy to developed new leishmanicidal drugs (2013)
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Porta, E. O., Carvalho, P. B., Avery, M. A., Tekwani, B. L., & Labadie, G. R. (2014). Click chemistry decoration of amino sterols as promising strategy to developed new leishmanicidal drugs. Steroids, 79, 28-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.steroids.2013.10.010

A series of 1,2,3-triazolylsterols was prepared from pregnenolone through reductive amination and copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (click chemistry). The newly generated stereocenter of the key propargylamino intermediate provided a mix... Read More about Click chemistry decoration of amino sterols as promising strategy to developed new leishmanicidal drugs.

Experimental and theoretical studies of the [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of prenyl azides (2017)
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Porta, E. O., Vallejos, M. M., Bracca, A. B., & Labadie, G. R. (2017). Experimental and theoretical studies of the [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of prenyl azides. RSC Advances, 7(75), https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ra09759j

[3,3]-Sigmatropic rearrangement of isoprenyl azides has been extensively investigated in an experimental and theoretical level. Prenylazides with different chain lengths and phenyl prenylazide have been synthesized. NMR analysis of each azide has bee... Read More about Experimental and theoretical studies of the [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of prenyl azides.

Triskelion-shaped iridium-helicene NHC complex (2021)
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Crassous, J., Gauthier, E. S., Hellou, N., Caytan, E., Fré, S. D., Vanthuyne, N., …Srebro-Hooper, M. (2021). Triskelion-shaped iridium-helicene NHC complex. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 8(16), 3916-3925. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1qi00527h

Enantiopure tris-helicenic chiral-at-iridium complexes have been prepared, constituting the first examples of organometallic metal-tris-helicenes. They have the mer- or fac-Ir(C^C:)3 form, where (C^C:) is an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand N-substitute... Read More about Triskelion-shaped iridium-helicene NHC complex.

Enantioenriched Ruthenium-Tris-Bipyridine Complexes Bearing One Helical Bipyridine Ligand: Access to Fused Multihelicenic Systems and Chiroptical Redox Switches (2021)
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Kos, M., Rodríguez, R., Storch, J., Sýkora, J., Caytan, E., Cordier, M., …Crassous, J. (2021). Enantioenriched Ruthenium-Tris-Bipyridine Complexes Bearing One Helical Bipyridine Ligand: Access to Fused Multihelicenic Systems and Chiroptical Redox Switches. Inorganic Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01379

The synthesis and photophysical and chiroptical properties of novel aza[n]helicenes (6a–d, 10a,b, n = 4–7) substituted with one or two 2-pyridyl groups are described. The preparation was performed via an adapted Mallory reaction using aromatic imines... Read More about Enantioenriched Ruthenium-Tris-Bipyridine Complexes Bearing One Helical Bipyridine Ligand: Access to Fused Multihelicenic Systems and Chiroptical Redox Switches.

Quantifying metasomatic high-field-strength and rare-earth element transport from alkaline magmas (2021)
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Sokół, K., Finch, A. A., Hutchison, W., Cloutier, J., Borst, A. M., & Humphreys, M. C. (2022). Quantifying metasomatic high-field-strength and rare-earth element transport from alkaline magmas. Geology, 50(3), 305-310. https://doi.org/10.1130/g49471.1

Alkaline igneous rocks host many global high-field-strength element (HFSE) and rare-earth element (REE) deposits. While HFSEs are commonly assumed to be immobile in hydrothermal systems, transport by late-stage hydrothermal fluids associated with alk... Read More about Quantifying metasomatic high-field-strength and rare-earth element transport from alkaline magmas.

Deciphering variable mantle sources and hydrous inputs to arc magmas in Kamchatka (2021)
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Iveson, A. A., Humphreys, M. C., Savov, I. P., de Hoog, J. C., Turner, S. J., Churikova, T. G., …Cooper, G. F. (2021). Deciphering variable mantle sources and hydrous inputs to arc magmas in Kamchatka. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 562, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116848

The chemistry of primitive arc rocks provides a window into compositional variability in the mantle wedge, as well as slab-derived inputs to subduction-related magmatism. However, in the long-term cycling of elements between Earth's internal and exte... Read More about Deciphering variable mantle sources and hydrous inputs to arc magmas in Kamchatka.

Smoothed particle radiation hydrodynamics: two-moment method with local Eddington tensor closure (2021)
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Chan, T., Theuns, T., Bower, R., & Frenk, C. (2021). Smoothed particle radiation hydrodynamics: two-moment method with local Eddington tensor closure. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505(4), 5784-5814. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1686

We present a new smoothed particle hydrodynamics-radiative transfer method (SPH-M1RT) that is coupled dynamically with SPH. We implement it in the (task-based parallel) SWIFT galaxy simulation code but it can be straightforwardly implemented in other... Read More about Smoothed particle radiation hydrodynamics: two-moment method with local Eddington tensor closure.

A review of functional linear carbon chains (oligoynes, polyynes, cumulenes) and their applications as molecular wires in molecular electronics and optoelectronics (2021)
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Bryce, M. R. (2021). A review of functional linear carbon chains (oligoynes, polyynes, cumulenes) and their applications as molecular wires in molecular electronics and optoelectronics. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 9(33), 10524-10546. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tc01406d

Linear, sp-hybridised, 1-dimensional (1D) all-carbon wires are conceptually the simplest p-conjugated organic molecules. Their fundamental experimental and theoretical properties and their materials chemistry applications are under-developed compared... Read More about A review of functional linear carbon chains (oligoynes, polyynes, cumulenes) and their applications as molecular wires in molecular electronics and optoelectronics.

Site-Specific Photo-oxidation of the Isolated Adenosine-5′-triphosphate Dianion Determined by Photoelectron Imaging (2020)
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Castellani, M. E., Avagliano, D., González, L., & Verlet, J. R. (2020). Site-Specific Photo-oxidation of the Isolated Adenosine-5′-triphosphate Dianion Determined by Photoelectron Imaging. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11(19), 8195-8201. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02089

Photoelectron imaging of the isolated adenosine-5′-triphosphate dianion excited to the 1ππ* states reveals that electron emission is predominantly parallel to the polarization axis of the light and arises from subpicosecond electron tunneling through... Read More about Site-Specific Photo-oxidation of the Isolated Adenosine-5′-triphosphate Dianion Determined by Photoelectron Imaging.

The effect of solvation on electron capture revealed using anion two-dimensional photoelectron spectroscopy (2021)
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Lietard, A., Mensa-Bonsu, G., & Verlet, J. R. (2021). The effect of solvation on electron capture revealed using anion two-dimensional photoelectron spectroscopy. Nature Chemistry, 13(8), 737-742. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00687-1

The reaction of low-energy electrons with neutral molecules to form anions plays an important role in chemistry, being involved in, for example, various biological and astrochemical processes. However, key aspects of electron–molecule interactions, s... Read More about The effect of solvation on electron capture revealed using anion two-dimensional photoelectron spectroscopy.