Can faith heal?

Billed as the largest gathering of humanity in recorded history, Maha Kumbh has commenced in Allahabad. Over the next few weeks, pilgrims will …

Civil engineering for a social planet

A technology worth a try...

Arsenic fixer identified

Knocking off the plant gene could check arsenic poisoning

Beauty has its uses

Ornamental plants clean the water they grow in

Chromium digesters

Bacteria can absorb the toxic chemical

Cure for yellow stream

Green algae can revitalise streams poisoned with mine acids  

Oil’s crude touch in Gujarat

ONGC’s oilfields are ruining farms in Gujarat

Science and Technology - Briefs

Bioremediation works

Appetite for sewage

Bacteria feed on pollutants in sewage, kill odour, but are they a complete solution?