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Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2011
GEOLOGY
Earth’s magnetic powers
Science And Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2010
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Oxygen therapy for oil spill
Science and Environment - Briefs
Issue Date: Oct 15, 2010
BIOLOGY
Yellow pigment clue to evolution
Bilirubin, responsible for the yellowish tinge in the skin, eyes and nails of jaundice patients, has for the first time been identified in plants. The pigment was discovered in Strelitzia reginae Aiton, commonly know as the Bird of Paradise plant. It is indigenous to South Africa and known for its orange and blue inflorescence.
Science And Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2010
TECHNOLOGY
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Imaging: the future
Issue Date: Apr 15, 2010
When an invention gets experts as varied as photographers, heart researchers, biotechnologists, physicists, security strategists and academicians interested, it merits discussion.
Sanguine approach to circulation
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2010
What makes one prone to heart diseases and joint pain in malaria can be understood by applying basic fluid dynamics to blood flow—the same concept works on water pipes.
Enter the age of bionics
@sugandh84 Issue Date: Jun 30, 2010
ONLY after four hours of delicate surgical procedure will a pacemaker fit into a patient’s chest. The cost, including hospitalization, can vary from Rs 50,000 to Rs 600,000 depending on the kind of pacemaker required and the hospital services.
Clean citys air, breathe easy
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2009
in china, taxi drivers are perhaps the most exposed to air pollution. Cleaning the air of a city might make their hearts healthy, a study reported. Eleven healthy non-smoking taxi drivers of Beijing who worked 12-hours a day were monitored before, during and after the 2008 Olympics.
Science
Issue Date: Sep 30, 2009
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
Stinks of health
Issue Date: Sep 15, 2009
Processed garlic loses its ability to protect the heart
freshly cut garlic releases hydrogen sulphide due to which it smells like rotten eggs. This discourages many from
consuming the cloves fresh. Keeping in mind its health benefits, the food processing industry produces edible garlic pills and powders which do
