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PLANT SCIENCES Never too late Flowers are more resilient than they appear. They shoot up against all odds. The credit goes to genetic matter called microRNA that inhibit protein formation crucial to flowering in

Strength polymerized

Two nanomaterials make polymers 400 times better it takes a research team from Bengaluru 10 days to prepare a batch of the compound it hopes

Fungi create fertile soils

Living with plant roots, they're equipped to break down rocks

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marine sciences Cloning's expensive

Her majesty's pirates

The Pirate Party -- which won a surprise seat in the European Parliament in Sweden in May -- now has a UK chapter. The party, which campaigns to legalize non-commercial internet file-sharing and has branches in 25 European countries plans to contest the next general election in the UK. It gained more than seven per cent of the vote in Sweden on the

Non-lethal bomb

Indian security forces will soon have a new weapon to take on insurgents in the country's Northeast--a chilli bomb. The Defence Research and Development Organization (drdo) is testing hand grenades stuffed with bhut jolakia (chillies) from Assam--recognized as the world's hottest.

Smells toxic

A nano-sensor that works on the olfactory principle THE human nose has inspired a team of researchers to create a similar device that smells the presence of toxic chemicals in the atmosphere.

Two paragraphs too many

Two paragraphs in its introductory section have blighted an article on stem cell research. Graham Parker, editor of Stem Cells and Development, told the science journal Nature that his publication was retracting the study by scientists at Britain's Newcastle University because two paragraphs were plagiarized.

Eyes wide open

India goes for cutting-edge telescopes

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ornithology Birds love noise