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Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
Ravi Sankaran pushed community efforts to push the boundaries of ornithology An administrator
Jeffrey M Smith has written about 65 scientists who have conducted tests on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in his book Genetic Roulette. He talks about the impact and hazards of Bt gene. He spoke to Savvy Soumya Misra at the launch of his book in Delhi recently Safety: Lab tests on mice showed allergies, disruption in reproductive cycle, hormonal imbalance, respiratory
MADURAI: Scientists from the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) held an awareness programme here on Tuesday to send out a message that nuclear energy is safe and people need not have any apprehensions about safety parameters.
LUCKNOW: What Arjun did to provide water to a thirsty Bhishma in Mahabharata, is being recapitulated by a group of scientists in Bundelkhand these days to quench the thirst of parched denizens. In their unique initiative, scientists have blown up sub-surface hard rocks with the help of dynamites, to create artificial water reservoirs around 140 feet below the earth in Jhansi district.
After becoming the first country to clone a buffalo, scientists in India are all set to start work on cloning the famous Pashmina goat. A six-member-team of scientists from Karnal
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) was forced to review its proposal for large-scale field trials of Bt Brinjal on January 14. Pushpa M Bhargava, molecular biologist and Supreme Court appointee to GEAC, spoke to Down To Earth on what transpired at the meeting. Excerpts: On why trials were deferred: Two analytical reports, by Gilles-Eric Seralini of the Committee for
BEIJING: Pressure from a dam, its reservoir's heavy waters weighing on geologic fault lines, may have helped trigger China's devastating earthquake last May, some scientists say, in a finding that suggests human activity played a role in the disaster.
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Agencies Houston An Indian-American professor has been honoured with the 2009 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas for his research that could lead to the creation of artificial proteins in the human body.