To save the planet, first save elephants
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
Good policy decisions on science and the environment require sound contributions from official bodies, pressure groups, the media
The media is often accused of hyping research to attract interest. But many distortions and misunderstandings arise because scientists themselves fail to communicate results in a meaningful way.
The Indian Science Congress like its political counterpart, the Indian National Congress owes its origin to a British initiative. In 1914 two British chemists J L Simonsen and P S MacMahon
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only a few weeks are left for scientists to meet at the annual Indian Science Congress and the organisers are still looking out for funds. The meet will be held from January 3-7, 2007, at the
On December 13, 2006, scientists warned that the Arctic ice is melting at a rate faster than was estimated. The ice has been shrinking steadily over the past 30 years, but now scientists say there's a possibility of an ice-free Arctic in the next few decades.
Foreigners file 75 per cent of patent applications in India. Indian scientists and research organisations are also increasingly filing for patents, though mostly in the us. On the one hand, the
<font class="UCASE">there</font> may now be a non-toxic cancer remedy in place. It is the only one, claim scientists of the Kolkata-based Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. According to them, methylglyoxal in combination with ascorbic acid has been found to have significant curative effects on cancer patients.<br><br> The study published in the website of the journal <i>Cancer Therapy</i> earlier this year says that 39 per cent patients had complete remission and 39 per cent had partial regression of the disease, after they were given the combination.<br>
the world's top climate scientists, part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc), have toned down the worst possible forecast for global warming over the next 100 years, claims The