Deccan shield faces risk of earthquakes
The Deccan shield regions, hitherto considered "stable" ones, are showing signs of having become "active" in respect of severe reservoir-induced (SRI) and stable continental region (SCR) earthquakes for over three decades, according to Dr Harsh K Gupta, director of the National geological research institute (NGRI).
High on the list of killer diseases, malaria is low on research cash
Rich countries study the diseases that afflict their citizens. For the ailments of the poor world, they offer sympathy and perhaps a few bucks. That explains the plight of malaria. An effort to break out of that bind failed recently when a group of the leading pharmaceutical companies turned down …
Deteroit joins race to produce a cleaner car
General Motors Corp., until now skeptical about the demand for fuel efficient cars, unveiled several prototypes of midsized cars that would get 60 to 80 miles per gallon and said that one of the designs would be ready for mass production in 2001 and another by 2004.
Capital's first AIDS hospice opens
The Capital's first hospice, for the HIV-affected and the AIDS patients, was opened at Neb Sarai on Friday. The 24-bedded Michael's Carehome, to be run by team from Sahara, a city de-addiction centre, and aided partially by the Cathlic Relief Service , will make available medical care for AIDS patients, …
Fears grow of bird flu infecting South China
As health workers here clean up the last, decaying remains of 1.4 million chickens slaughtered to halt the spread of a new flu strain, a troubling question remains: Has the feared virus infected southern China?
Seminar on cretaceous geology systems
An international seminar on "Cretaceous Geology System,"is being organised by the ONGC at Chennai from January 6-8. Cretaceous systems are rock formations 65 million to 135 million years old. These rock systems are petroleum sources.
Fischer gets Gandhi Peace Prize
Dr Gerhard Fischer, a German social scientist, who dedicated his life in rehabilitating lepers and polio patients, was on Monday awarded the prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize for 1997 by President K.R. Narayanan.
Study proves U-V rays harm skin cells
Dutch scientists have succeeded for the first time in proving the harmful effect of ultra-violet light on skin cells. Until recently all that scientists were able to do was to measure damage to genetic material caused by ultra-violet radiation in cell cultures.
5,000 kids to be tested for lead toxicity
At least 5,000 children in the age group of one to six years will be tested, in a project to study the lead toxicity in the blood of children in the age group of 1-6 years, launched today at the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences and sponsored by the …
Patients to have say on quality
The UK government signalled the effective introduction of health authority league tables when it announced the introduction this year of a national annual opinion audit of up to 100,000 national health service patients.
China risk fuels fear over virus from poultry
As health workers clean up the last, decaying remains of 1.4 million chickens slaughtered to halt the spread of a new flu strain, a troubling question remains : Has the feared virus infected southern China. If yes, the implications are serious.
SC ban apurs hike in blood prices
As blood prices soar it is becoming apparent that blood from professional donors was not only cheaper but actually safer. The Supreme Court ban on the sale of blood by professional donors, effective from the New Year, appers to have succeeded only in driving the blood trade underground fro lakc …
Herbal drugs
The herbal drugs industry has agreed to create a medicinal plants biodiversity conservation fund to provide financial back-up for initiatives aimed at sustainable availability, including farming of such healing plants.The decision was taken at a recent two-day national colloquium of all the major players, both governmental and non-governmental, in the …
Scientists revive frozen baboons
Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in understanding suspended animation, reports the Sunday Times.A successful revival of baboons hours after they had been frozen in crates of ice has opened up the doors to the possibility of preserving human bodies in suspended animation and reviving them years later in the same …
Say no to needles
Researchers at Jadavpur University in Calcutta claim a major breakthrough. in diabetes treatment.
Poisonous cure
Deadly poison from the skin of a frog in Ecuador has provided researchers a clue to a powerful new painkiller that may have all the benefits of morphine with none of its damaging side-effects. The frog, indentified as epibpedbates tricolor, makes the poison to kill predators.
Hydrogen as fuel can check pollution levels
The use of hydrogen as fuel instead of petrol or diesel can check the rising levels of vehicular pollution to an extent, according to an environmentalist. In his special paper presented in the national seminar on environment awareness through education in the Rugekhand University, Prof. O.N. Srivastava said that scientists …
A conjunction that changed Earth's climate
Two scientists now claim that a better under-standing of the Earth's baroque climate system requires a better understanding of the interaction between the shape of our evolving planet and the movements of other bodies in the Solar system.
Move to separate water, sewage board criticised
Members of the Congress and the Janata Dal in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi today criticised the arbitary decision of the Delhi Government to set up a separate board in place of the Delhi Water Supply and Sewage Undertaking and demanded amendment in the DMC Act regarding this .
