The Punjab Energy Development Agency has released a draft green hydrogen policy aiming to achieve a green hydrogen and ammonia production capacity of 100 kilo tonnes per annum by 2030. The policy proposes extending incentives under the existing “Punjab Industrial and Business Development Policy 2022” to new green hydrogen and …
melatonin, considered a miracle hormone that banishes illness and reverses ageing has attracted the attention of the public health policy makers in the us. A meeting on melatonin at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, called for a multicentre clinical trial to determine melatonin's efficacy and safety ( jama , …
The eastern coast of Surabaya, the second largest city of Indonesia, is highly contaminated with mercury, cadmium, copper and lead. The latest findings have been reported by two researchers from Surabaya's Airlangga University, who have been measuring heavy metal content along the coast for over two decades. The results have …
previous studies on the fruitfly Drosophila have revealed that heterochromatin in a chromosome represses or silences genes that lie close to it. Heterochromatin is most commonly found at the centromere, the point of attachment on a chromosome during cell division when sister chromosomes are pulled apart. The activation and repression …
search for a substitute: To ascertain the viability of propane as an eco-friendly fuel, the SC directed the Central government on December 9, to launch a project for conducting tests for 50 two- and three-wheelers in Delhi ( Down To Earth , Vol 5, No15). The court asked the government …
a number of third generation satellite systems for mobile communications have been proposed in recent years. By integrating with terrestrial telecommunications systems, these systems support the vision of
Taking note of the pollution caused by aqua farms, the SC has ordered their closure, sparing those using traditional methods. As per the court's ruling, all shrimp and prawn farms within 500 m of the coast, on nearly 45,400 ha of ecologically fragile land, have to wind up operations by …
"I am eager to begin,' marked Kofi Annan's first words as he took over the mantle of UN Secretary-General from Boutros Boutros Ghali. A top UN official from Ghana, Annan was a near-unanimous choice of the 15-member Security Council members except for France, which wanted a French-speaking African for the …
electricity generators and car makers, beware! Only gas suppliers can breath easy (New Scientist , Vol 152, No 2051). According to Amory Lovins, the visionary director of the Colorado (us)-based Rocky Mountain Institute, in the near future one can expect cars with a mileage of 85 km per litre which …
Malaysia's International Centre for Application of Solar Energy (case) has set up centres using hybrid energy, which consists of a combination of renewable sources
Sometimes, political differences work out in favour of environment. Scientists and environmentalists are planning to transform a 248-km-long, four- km-wide demilitarised zone between communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea into a nature reserve. The narrow strip running roughly along the 38th parallel, undisturbed by humans since the end of …
Particle physicists are planning to make the largest linear accelerator called the Next Linear Collider (NLC), which, though not as powerful as the Large Hadron Collider, will complement it. Most colliders in the world are circular accelerators where the beams of particles are bent using huge magnets. This process makes …
THE days of pointing at a phrase book and loudly asking the way to the railway station in a foreign city - hoping someone would know your language - could soon be over, thanks to a translating computer that Siemens of Germany is set to unveil next month. The Siemens' …
Muthurajawela marshes, north of Colombo in Sri Lanka, are a fine example ofwhat a well-thought-of wetland conservation project should be. Once a tropical wetland used for rice cultivation, they have today become a nursery for coastal fish and are home to some 126 species of birds; they also act as …
Environmental contamination and high production cost could now be eliminated with the discovery of a botanical pesticide using Jatropha curcas (tubang-bakod), say scientists from the Central Development Research Institute> based in Baltac, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. Pesticide from Jatropha can be easily prepared by farmers themselves. The formulated product is …
Researchers at Nottingham university UK, have identified 35 different kinds of inheritable genes responsible for a frnit's colour, taste and ripeness through hormonal control. Experts will soon be able to produce a fruit with two to three different colours by reconstructing the inherited genes. Thereafter, people will be able to …
The Mekong river, running through six nations, has generated lot of development activities and much tension in the Southeast Asian countries. While China and Laos have pinned their hydro-electric hopes on the river and Thailand sees it as a booming tourist resort, for Vietnam and Cambodia any disruption in the …
PREVIOUS studies have shown that the human brain is efficient at using different portions of itself to perform different tasks. Interestingly, there is evidence from neuropsychology that localisation of brain's functions goes further. Thad Polk and Martha Farah of the University of Pennsylvania, us, have built a thesis around the …
The tale of the Gulf War syndrome, affecting thousands of war veterans, is getting curiouser and curiouser. New studies indicate that the disease and hospitalisation rates of those who served in the war and those who did not, were not dissimilar. Published in the recent issue of the New England …
