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Health

Scientists in India develop biosensor to detect diabetes-related complications

Till date, there has been very little effort to quantify levels of Methylglyoxal in the blood or food products we consume

Agriculture

Indian scientists convert wild legume into edible dal

A recent research shows it is possible to knock off genes that are responsible for the production of a class of anti-nutrients that make the …

Himalayan hazard

The next big quake can kill 150,000 people, claim seismologists; say traditional construction is safer

Utterly bovine

UK researchers claim the Mad Cow disease is caused by Indian animal feed imports; India rubbishes hypothesis

Avian flu flitting from birds to humans

Even as India is trying to build a firewall to block out the bird flu virus, the first likely case of the deadly pathogen's human-to-human …

Changing genes make cholera pathogen indomitable

despite its genome sequenced three years ago, the cholera bacterium continues to dodge all efforts aimed at combating its menace. Now, scientists …

Bacteria that reduces fertilser use

indian scientists have discovered a novel microorganism in salty marshlands, which has the potential to absorb nitrogen -- an essential plant …

Landing on the red planet

The world's powers celebrated Christmas 2003 in style: they sent robotic geologists to the red planet Mars, Earth's uninviting and hostile …

Tracking India's wealth

India has come out with maps of its biodiversity-rich regions, one of the first countries to do so in the world. It was the fruit of a five-year …

Mining the Himalaya

Will biodiversity hotspots such as the Himalaya become hunting grounds of the notorious mining industry? This concern has been raised by experts …

What caused the landslides in Uttaranchal?

Debris flow is a natural occurence. Environment-friendly town-planning can reduce its impact on human settlements

Technology shift in India's nuclear sector

Ironically, the upgrade involves a technology that is being discarded worldwide due to its poor safety record and complicated processes

Time for total recoil

Mosquito coils are finally in the dock, after a prolonged deference. Two independent studies indicate that coils commonly used in Asian countries,…

Threat of mega quake looms large in Bangladesh

With the southeastern parts of Bangladesh experiencing a number of mild-to-moderate tremors since July 27, it is feared that a major earthquake …

Clucking in alarm

poultry farms across north India are facing a mysterious viral disease. As many as two million birds have fallen prey to the illness and the …

IMD overhauls monsoon forecast system

Have Indian meteorologists at last found their 'role model'? After getting a lot of flak from politicians and the public for last year's …

Severe fog: Met department in dark

The rising trend of murky days in recent years has failed to spur the Indian Meterological Department into action. Quite clearly, the need of the …

Weathering the drought

Meteorological Department attempts to get its act together after bungling with monsoon predictions

Research row

Controversy erupts as samples for study on genetic mutations are sent outside India without approval

As clean as coal

India dithers on cleaner coal technologies. But it has the technology to help the thermal power sector clean up its act

Tsunami warning system not in place

Tropical high-altitude glaciers are melting fast

Glacial melting assumes huge proportions

Rain drops

Less precipitation over fewer days in Orissa

Indian lunar mission to US aid

US to piggyback on Indian lunar mission

Original knock out

Cellular system to silence genes found

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