Chemicals to fight beetles discovered
Crop scientists have used a chemical substance (pheromone) found in beetles for the first time to fight beetle menace which affects groundnut produce every year. They have extracted a unique
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Device makes strong ozone water fast
Shinko Plant Construction Co., has developed a device that quickly converts tap water into highly concentrated ozone water. Shinko Plant's device makes ozone water three to five times more
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Drugs
Deal With Death: Three to four percent of the world's population is dependent on drugsaccording to the United Nations organisation which this week staged a special World Summit in New York to support
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Law on hospital waste management on the anvil
The much delayed Hospital Waste management Rules are on their way to becoming a law soon, but confusion still prevails among those who have to adopt the same. The notification for the Biomedical
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Country's second food irradiation plant to begin operations at Navi Mumbai
The Board of Radiation And Isotope Technology (BRIT), a division under the department of atomic energy, will soon inaugurate in Navi Mumbai the country's second food irradiation plant for commercial
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'Science Fiction' power for the PC
For more than 25 years, computer scientists have been working to develop a technology known as distributed computing that would give average users the processing power of a supercomputer. This week,
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Delight at Blair's $144m 'green' pledge
Tony Blair delighted environmental activists by promising to invest $144m in renewable energy, as part of a wide-ranging commitment to tackling "green" issues. The address, to a conference organised
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Vets ban livestock markets across the EU
European Union vets banned livestock markets across the EU for two weeks and imposed strict curbs on animal improvements, in the latest moves to prevent the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak spreading
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Tobacco Bill alarms local cigarette firms
With the Tobacco Bill all set to be tabled in Parliament, it has occurred to the Indian cigarette companies that their international counterparts will have an unfair advantage over them once the Bill
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Foot-and-mouth: US quarantines British tractors
The United States has quarantined tractors from Britain, fearing that the highly infectious foot-and-mouth disease that has led to the slaughter of livestock there might enter the country, an Alabama
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Italian eco-team coming next week
A high-level Italian delegation, comprising specialists in the field of environmental pollution monitoring systems, will visit India next week. it will be examining possibilities of collaboration and
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Eat less to cut breast cancer risk
Women should eat less and exercise more to reduce their risk of breast cancer, researchers said on Friday.A diet high in fruits, vegetables and fibre is recommended to stay fit and heathy.New
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A rush of blood to the head
Men who take Viagra may enhance their sex lives - but at the expense of their eyes. Tests have showed that too much of the drug can produce what is known as "blue vision," and may even cause
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A sick state
Goa's health care reforms get worse : Goa's health budget is shrinking and campaign groups in this state have voiced their concern over its decline. It has shrunk from Rs 1,082 lakhs to Rs 772 lakhs
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New farm technologies to meet WTO challenges
To meet the challenges of the World Trade Organisation(WTO) and to give farmers a chance to compete in the world market,t he Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR) in Karnal has developed futuristic
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US rules out Starlink bio-corn in food
US regulators said that there was virtually no chance that residue from a biotech corn banned from human food remained in corn syrup after a processing step widely used by grain millers. The
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Toxic chemicals found in Great Lakes salmon
Scientists have found some of the highest levels of flame retardant reported in the world for salmon in open waters in Lake Michigan. University of Wisconsin (UW) researchers found that all 21 salmon
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Greenpeace says tests to affect environment
Greenpeace International has reacted sharply to India's nuclear tests saying that these will inevitably affect the environment and the health of the
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The viagra craze
Viagra may help millions of men and even some women. But there are some risks to taking Viagra that everyone, should consider before rushing to the
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- Commercialisation of agricultute led to farm suicides
The spate of suicides by over 300 farmers in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in the past three months was the tragic culimination of the process of commercialisation of