Time for green gadgets

UNCED has thrown into sharp focus all matters environmental international industry, quick to Catch on to now trends, has started branding its …

Reconstructing atmospheric history

Old paintings can provide information about the composition of the atmosphere of bygone ages. When a volcano erupted in Indonesia in 1815, …

Simulating real-life networks

India is a leader in IT. But how do researchers here apply the science to improve people’s lives? Malay Bhattacharyya, assistant professor …

Star among star gazers

Memoir>> My Brief History • by Stephen Hawking • Bantam • Rs 850

Man behind scientist

Film>> Stephen Hawking • UK

Bitter battle

Making science of mumbo-jumbo

Scientists compile India's ethnic knowledge. They find a veritable gold-mine

GREEN REMEDIES

The status of health can be improved with proper environment management

Poplar winner

Are GM trees ready to turn the paper and pulp industry green?

Bytes

Bytes

Fighting hidden hunger

Dr Howarth E Bouis, director of HarvestPlus, is a doctorate from Stanford University. He is promoting biofortification within the Consultative …

DISTRESS SIGNALS

New diseases are emerging with changes in the environment, some old diseases are also staging a comeback

DYING FOR PROGRESS

The growth of cities and industries has severely affected the environment. The spread of disease has increased with the spread of civilisation

"These are the times of one standard"

S P VASIREDDI, Chairperson and Managing Director, Vimta Labs Ltd, Hyderabad was recently in Delhi. NIDHI JAMWAL caught up with the scientist

`Top scientists misuse power, funds'

It seems like a lost cause but Kasturi Lal Chopra battles on. As president of the Society for Scientific Values (SSV), he leads the charge to …

Recall of the wild

A huge debate surrounds the use of synthetic biology for environmental conservation

MONEYMAKERS

What's cooking?

Methanol can become a low-cost, housewife-friendly fuel

Amid doubts

Stem cell research may not be the answer to human health problems

Finding meaning in a career in science: Experts share their stories

Without this 360-degree view of climate science, we are likely to keep breeding narrow-minded climate communicators 

Scientists convert CO2 to solar fuel with artificial photosynthesis

Similar to plants’ photosynthesis, the technology can serve dual purpose of reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide and generating electricity …

Little to show for crores of rupees spent

Inefficient use funds, not lack of resources, is responsible for the failure of scientific departments to meet their targets, says a recent CAG …

For God and his country

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Universally changing

A recent research throws light on the possibility that the laws of physics were different in the past