Bamboo boom

The cultivation of the grass is now less cumbersome

Earth's last frontier

India is setting up an ambitious Antarctica study centre on the west coast

Target: neutrino mass

If neutrinos have mass, one of the biggest mysteries of cosmology may be solved

Natural clones

Researchers look into the possible benefits of producing identical offsprings

Safe and profitable

Fusion reactor

Legal loophole

TANZANIA

Sound judgement for whales

Beneficial feat

GM groundnut on the anvil

Interest in Physics research low among students in sub-Saharan Africa

Lack of encouragement, low awareness about career paths and professional opportunities are key obstacles

Day temperature, not daylight, influences beans flowering: study

The findings of Bengaluru-based researchers may help farmers plant the right varieties to optimise yields

Competing with wheat

Human-made triticale is nutritionally superior to wheat and could become a major foodcrop in the lower Himalayan region

Tissue-culture technology facilitates to hike yeild of tasty coconut

The tasty, popular coconut species of Thailand, kati, could not be produced in large scale because it is infertile. But scientists have now found …

Polly can't get at this wheat

Some wheat hybrids developed in India's agricultural universities are exceptionally good at keeping birds away

Defeat starvation

Sub-Saharan Africa is on the brink of starvation. In spite of efforts made by the government and private organisations, the agricultural scene …

Genesis

Over thirty years of continuous research later, scientists report the outcome of a hybrid wheat, which is billed to substitute the available …

Rice bowls shall brim

A new and healthier version of rice promises to produce and provide more for Asia's teeming millions

Soiled future

At a time when agricultural topsoil continues to be eroded, researchers make efforts to put an end to the crisis

Recipe for rice

The two recently-published incomplete rice genome sequences do not in any way undermine the ten-country effort at a complete sequencing of the …

ICMR scientists identify new biomarker for malaria

Researchers from National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur has identified a genetic sequence in the body of malaria parasite

IISc is not working on terminator genes

Goverdhan Mehta , director, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, talks to N Raghavan on the need to sharpen the institute's focus and …

Seed congress surreptitiously endorses transgenic varieties

did the World Seed Congress-2003 -- held under a cloak of secrecy in Bangalore from June 7 to 11 -- have a hidden agenda? It transpires that the …

Genetic mapping of cancer cells raises hope of improved treatment

Researchers say better understanding of how cancers start and evolve can help improve efficiency of targeted treatment of cancers

Sutures from fish