Root therapy

Benzene in the air

Levels of carcinogenic pollutants are alarmingly high in Calcutta's air

Chemical in curry leaves can cure prostate cancer

NEWS SNIPPETS

Flowering of scientific research in nineteenth century Calcutta

Scorpion venom may cure blood cancer

Weak gene

A prick-free test for diabetes

Painkiller's ulcerous trail

The efficient way of looking at waste disposal

Urban waste will cease to be a problem if it is treated as a resource rather than refuse from consumption, which requires disposal.

Research on thin ice

Lack of coherent research on the melting Gangotri glacier spells disaster

Generators of Trouble

Soil detox from Kolkata wetlands

In Court

Compound in toad skin could cure liver cancer

Bile helps fight cholera

Eco-friendly printing ink from vegetable oil

Healers in arms

The conflict between allopathy and homeopathy is an old one

Megacities get a Central boost

Fait accompli

Even a 'limited' Indo-Pak war would see three million deaths

Yellow metal can fight cancer

Protein from buffalo blood has answer to infertility

Thalassemia patients might need fewer blood transfusions

What next?

Smoke laws first enacted in city of joy

Because of its political importance in the British empire, Calcutta was one of the first cities to regulate smoke emissions. But legislation …