Super power

After all these years, science finally creates superconducting transistors

Thought for food

Herbal hunt

Device Spots potential back pain

AIDS researcher aquitted of misconduct charge

Hear, hear

Power of wood

Econoburette: easier way to conduct titration

Blight plight

Weather on order

A new technology could render weather forecasts redundant

Boosting biotech

The new breadbasket

Cold storage

An age old principle comes in handy to provide the rural poor with low cost refrigerators

New Genesis

The mapping of human genes opens up new frontiers and also gives rise to fresh fears

Safe as milk

Ethyl lactate, an ecologically benign chemical, is all set to replace dangerous solvents

Face-lift

Success matters

Social events play a major part in the development of the nervous system

Problem

Quality of Research: Only a fig leaf

Basis of rating

Each scientists work was rated in accordance with the following criteria

Solution

Awardee 2001

Green Scientist Award

Peanuts for ecology

India spends very little on Science for Ecological Security. And then spends it poorly

Science in our daily lives