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Fig trees convert atmospheric CO₂ to stone, research reveals
Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss ...
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Fig trees may benefit climate by turning carbon dioxide into stone
Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ...
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Adventures in Atropisomerism: Development of a Robust, Diastereoselective, Lithium-Catalyzed Atropisomer-Forming Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Step | Organic Process ...
The final step in the route to BMS-986142, a reversible inhibitor of the BTK enzyme, involves the diastereoselective construction of a chiral axis during the base-mediated cyclization of the ...
Coal India, Singareni and Heartfulness enter MoU for restoration of closed mines
Coal India Ltd., The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) and Heartfulness today entered a landmark MoUs towards responsible restoration of closed mines and sustainable livelihoods.
Geologists suggest early continents formed through mantle plumes, not plate collisions
Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...
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Copper Catalyzed N-Arylation of Amidines with Aryl Boronic Acids and One-Pot Synthesis of Benzimidazoles by a Chan–Lam–Evans N-Arylation and C–H Activation/C–N Bond ...
Mono-N-arylation of benzamidines 1 with aryl boronic acids 2 was effectively achieved in the presence of a catalytic amount of Cu(OAc)2 and NaOPiv under mild aerobic conditions. Combining this step ...