Sponging away pain

Lichens are reliable monitors of air pollution

Indian scientists have classified levels of atmospheric pollution using lichens.

Coir better than synthetics for making geo-grids

Diagnosing tuberculosis

Herbal cure for stones

Onco-mouse raises hackles

Chatty car

Whispering hammers

Pollution counters-global warming

Zero-zero oilseeds

Taking the stink out of urinals

A sewage treatment technology is now being used to recycle wastewater in urinals

Demystifying the deluge

There is growing evidence that deforestation in the hills does not always swell rivers

Teak gets a saviour

An Australian tree offers wood that can replace teak for furniture

Vegetable strength

Marine census bit by bit

Joint relief

Period probe

Animals to the rescue

A breakthrough in organ transplant surgery promises end the agonies of patients and donors

Fresh lease

Switching speeds

Scientists develop a new switch to revolutionise fibre-opti techniques

Making 'em say yes

All Silk

Rise and fall of a pathogen

How did tuberculosis cease to be a deadly killer in the West?

Icy fuel

Blessed drops