Here are some solutions to address health challenges faced by tribal communities
Skilling and support to nurses and midwives will help in ensuring the provision of a responsive healthcare
Germany’s emissions-free trains: Is hydrogen fuel really a better alternative for transport?
CO2 emitted by grey hydrogen is same as that emitted by petrol & 1,000 times more than natural gas burnt directly
The passing of scientific threads
India lost two eminent scientists last fortnight. While Yash Pal was a scientific communicator par excellence, P M Bhargava laid the foundation …
Testy drive
The multinational ranks third but its performance cannot be a badge of success on its huge corporate shoulders
Fuel for tomorrow
POWERING THE FUTURE, THE BALLARD FUEL CELL AND THE RACE TO CHANGE THE WORLD·Tom Koppel·John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited·…
Fuels for the future
Despite being clean, alternative fuels fail to become the first choice
Time To Introspect
Policymakers must put public health above everything else to chart the future. Consumers must demand change so that industry can be forced to …
The role ahead
They may not seem like much today, but only a fool will undermine the potential of fuel cells
The crossover
Fuel cells are more important to a developing country like India than developed countries. But the corporate sector is slow.
Inklings
In which we trace where the world stands with fuel cells and some clear signals of the technology to come
Hurdles
Narrow business interests and an apathetic political leadership will never allow fuel cells to take off
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 18, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Too much sun could make you a UV addict, raise cancer risk
Chronic exposure releases endorphins, causing desire to laze around in the sun, finds study
Top of the greens
A new generation of electric cars is moving down the ramp. Running on fuel-cell technology, these are being called the eco-friendliest cars by far
THE FUTURE OF CLEAN ENERGY
A simple chemical reaction is the basis of fuel cell technology. Fuel cells run on hydrogen to provide electricity. The only byproduct is water …
COVID-19 causes dip in electric vehicle sales, but long-term outlook intact: Report
Only 1.9 million electric vehicles to be sold in 2020, outlook worse for cars with internal combustion engines
Ban on stem cell patents which involve destroying human embryos
Researchers call it regressive step, ethicists happy
How green is budget?
No incentive for buses, no brakes on diesel cars
Fuel cell buses for Delhi Going nowhere?
Grants have been approved to facilitate the use of fuel cell buses in the developing countries
Vehicles for change
Fuel cell buses set to steer Europe into zero-emission era
Made-in-India diagnostic kit for thalassemia and sickle cell disease launched
Kit developed keeping in mind gene mutations specific to ethnic groups in India, says National Institute of Immunohaematology
Three win Nobel Prize for medicine
James E Rothman, Randy W Schekman, Thomas C. Südhof to be awarded for discovering transport mechanism of cells
Science & Technology - Briefs
Ancient GPS? Older, evolutionarily unchanged part of the brain guides lost fish back home
This part of the brain might perform a similar function in other vertebrates, including humans
Jaisalmer villagers march 225 kilometres to get sacred groves listed as ‘oran land’
More than 100 orans documented by a non-profit still listed as wastelands