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Wrap it right
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2013
UREA is one of the most commonly used fertilisers in India, thanks to big government subsidies. It is a good source of nitrogen for the soil but the fertiliser does not come without its share of evils. Urea used in excessive amount, leaches in the runoff from the fields.
Moving target
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2013
Quick trick
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2013
Recall of the wild
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2013
Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2013
TECHNOLOGY
Pixel power
Lethal mix
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2013
OMNIPRESENT chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) is bad news for our hormone system. But it’s worse when acting in combination with similar chemicals. A study has shown that a mixture of BPA, Bisphenol S (BPS) and nylophenol (NP) can incur much greater damage than what these known hormone-disruptors can cause in isolation.
Metal shield
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2013
Copper utensils have been used in Indian households since ages due to the anti-microbial properties of the metal. It has now been found that copper alloys can also help reduce infections in hospitals drastically.
Curative combo
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2013
Dust off the rust
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2013
IT IS time to gear up against an old enemy that is back with a vengeance after half a century of complacence. A series of resistant wheat varieties developed in the mid-20th century kept stem rust, a devastating fungal infection, at bay for the last 50 years. But the disease has now resurfaced in a relatively new, virulent form and threatens wheat supplies in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2013
HEALTH SCIENCES
Saviour saliva
A simple habit of sucking their toddler’s pacifier after it has fallen on the floor can help parents boost their kids’ immunity. Infants whose parents suck on the pacifier to clean it transfer microbes from their saliva to their children.
