Turmeric shields

In defence of shifting agriculture

IT HAS taken almost two decades of consistent research into the northeastern tribal practice of shifting agriculture for P S Ramakrishna, …

Motion pictures from zeroes and ones

After compact discs, it is the turn of videos to adapt to the digital- the format of tomorrow.

The making of a dinosaur

That is just what the Jurassic Park special, telecast by STAR Plus, was all about

Change in immigration rules flayed

A US government plan to simplify immigration procedures for professionals in 10 short-listed vocations has come under fire

Tower power

Germplasm exchange

No more shrinking from shrimps

Scientists in Bangalore have identified the protein that makes people allergic to the meat of shrimps, crabs and prawns. Now they will be able to …

Polio nemesis dead

Drainage plan helps reclaim land

Scientists have evolved a subsurface drainage system that makes saline soils arable within three years

Cosmic killings

Protein provides clue to Alzheimer's disease

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in treating this old-age disease, with the discovery that abnormal production of proteins, called …

Genetic resistance

Green revolution or less food?

Not just any old mollusc

Superior silkworms

Time for India to take stock

The new trade order ordained by GATT affects India's entire economy. Some consider it a new form of colonialism, but others see it as a bountiful …

Having a ball

Great balls of fire! Science has finally explained ball lightning, a mysterious atmospheric phenomenon until now

I won't and you can't

The bureaucracy does nothing to conserve India's invaluable animals and plants. But it knows how to cry wolf when private agencies want to use these

Fried potatoes

Germ warfare

Oral vaccines could soon be available for rotavirus infection -- a major cause of diarrhoea

Fusion reactor

Who is the shiniest of all?

Cloning stops extinction

Packing more power

A four-atom oxygen molecule might make for good fuel